Work & commute · Affton

Work & commute in Affton, MO

Most working residents leave Affton for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (23%), Maryland Heights (4%) and Creve Coeur (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

219 of 9,577 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,358 Affton residents head out of town to work, 219 work right here, and 3,586 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Affton.

9,358live here, work elsewhere

219live and work here

3,586work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Affton goes to work

St. Louis7.4 mi away

23%2,235

Maryland Heights13.9 mi away

4%412

Creve Coeur10 mi away

4%398

Chesterfield15.6 mi away

4%369

Clayton6.5 mi away

4%351

Fenton6.9 mi away

3%260

Affton (in town)right here

2%219

Webster Groves3 mi away

2%209

Town and Country9.9 mi away

2%185

Brentwood4.9 mi away

2%184

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%4,755

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

How far

How far Affton commutes

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

64%

28%

64%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Affton is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Affton are

3,805 jobs are based in Affton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Affton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Affton

3,805 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Affton residents hold

9,577 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−11%

Jobs based in Affton, 2013 → 2023: 4,290 → 3,805. 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.