Work & commute · Arnold

Work & commute in Arnold, MO

Most working residents leave Arnold for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (16%), Fenton (4%) and Maryland Heights (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

765 of 10,284 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,519 Arnold residents head out of town to work, 765 work right here, and 9,250 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arnold.

9,519live here, work elsewhere

765live and work here

9,250work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arnold goes to work

St. Louis16 mi away

16%1,666

Arnold (in town)right here

7%765

Fenton8.3 mi away

4%419

Maryland Heights20.8 mi away

4%374

Creve Coeur16.8 mi away

3%357

Chesterfield19.7 mi away

3%297

Clayton15.2 mi away

2%233

Mehlville6 mi away

2%218

Town and Country15.4 mi away

2%194

Oakville3.2 mi away

2%180

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%5,581

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

How far

How far Arnold commutes

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

32%

55%

32%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arnold is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Arnold are

10,015 jobs are based in Arnold. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Arnold’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Arnold

10,015 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Arnold residents hold

10,284 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+15%

Jobs based in Arnold, 2013 → 2023: 8,705 → 10,015. 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.