St. Louis

City Commute Profile

St. Louis, MO

Where St. Louis’s 139,832 resident workers go each day — 39.6% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Clayton.

MissouriLODES 2023 data
67
Commute Score

67 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

St. Louis at a glance
Employed Residents
139,832
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
10.9mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
39.6%
Share working within the area
Work from home
17.0%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Clayton
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for St. Louis proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How St. Louis commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

St. Louis

139,832 commutes, one dot at a time

St. Louis

Where 139,832 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in St. Louis, by worker count.

1St. Louis0.0 mi55,422
2Clayton4.7 mi5,073
3Maryland Heights12.9 mi5,008
4Creve Coeur10.9 mi4,280
5Chesterfield16.8 mi3,276
6Berkeley9.4 mi2,084
7Brentwood5.5 mi1,961
8Town and Country12.5 mi1,890

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into St. Louis.

1St. Louis0.0 mi55,422
2University City5.3 mi4,414
3Florissant12.7 mi3,908
4Oakville12.1 mi3,772
5St. Charles18.2 mi3,443
6Mehlville9.1 mi3,068
7O’Fallon27.7 mi3,025
8Chesterfield16.8 mi2,975

Top industries

The sectors that employ St. Louis’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance26.1%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services9.5%
AFAccommodation and Food Services8.4%
MFManufacturing7.5%
FIFinance and Insurance6.3%
EDEducational Services5.6%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services5.0%
MGManagement of Companies and Enterprises3.8%
WSWholesale Trade3.7%

St. Louis city profile

Who lives in St. Louis — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
288,512
Median age
36.8yrs
Median household income
$56,160
Median home value
$197,500
Median gross rent
$997/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
41.1%
Poverty rate
20.6%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

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