Work & commute · Valmeyer

Work & commute in Valmeyer, IL

Most working residents leave Valmeyer for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Waterloo (14%), St. Louis (12%) and Columbia (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 616 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 602 Valmeyer residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 201 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Valmeyer.

602live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

201work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Valmeyer goes to work

Waterloo8.2 mi away

14%86

St. Louis, MO23 mi away

12%72

Columbia11.4 mi away

6%37

Belleville22.1 mi away

5%31

Valmeyer (in town)right here

2%14

O'Fallon29 mi away

2%12

Collinsville30.2 mi away

2%11

Creve Coeur, MO25.8 mi away

2%11

Red Bud17.4 mi away

2%10

Springfield108.4 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%322

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Valmeyer commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

24%

39%

23%

14%

24%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Valmeyer is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.35 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Valmeyer are

215 jobs are based in Valmeyer. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Valmeyer’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Valmeyer

215 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Valmeyer residents hold

616 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−19%

Jobs based in Valmeyer, 2013 → 2023: 266 → 215. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.