Yellow Creek Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
27 jobs are based in Yellow Creek Township, and 116 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Yellow Creek Township itself; outside it, Marceline draws the most (19%, 7 miles). Home is the office for 3% of workers; Missouri has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Yellow Creek Township
On a workday 116 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere.
About 230 people are in Yellow Creek Township on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Yellow Creek Township to work: where people go
Where Yellow Creek Township clocks in
19% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Yellow Creek Township works in goods: 44% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Yellow Creek Township, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 27. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Yellow Creek Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 31 minutes to work from Yellow Creek Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Yellow Creek Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 106 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Short hops and long hauls from Yellow Creek Township
About 34% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Around Yellow Creek Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Yellow Creek Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow Creek Township | – | — | — | 31 min | $59,423 |
| Cunningham Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Brookfield Township | under 2% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Clark Township | under 2% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Salt Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Marceline Township | under 2% | C− | B− | 16 min | $74,872 |
| Mendon Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cunningham Township, Clark Township, Salt Creek Township and Mendon Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Brookfield Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Yellow Creek Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Yellow Creek Township: questions
What is the median household income in Yellow Creek Township?
$59,423 (±$14,010) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Yellow Creek Township?
3.4%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Yellow Creek Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Yellow Creek Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marceline (19%, 7 mi), Brookfield (11%, 9 mi), Chillicothe (7%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Yellow Creek Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Yellow Creek Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Yellow Creek Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.