Work & commute · Ballwin

Work & commute in Ballwin, MO

Most working residents leave Ballwin for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (13%), Chesterfield (10%) and Creve Coeur (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

500 of 14,131 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,631 Ballwin residents head out of town to work, 500 work right here, and 5,746 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ballwin.

13,631live here, work elsewhere

500live and work here

5,746work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ballwin goes to work

St. Louis16.7 mi away

13%1,882

Chesterfield4.7 mi away

10%1,438

Creve Coeur7.4 mi away

6%837

Maryland Heights9.4 mi away

5%769

Clayton12.3 mi away

4%602

Town and Country4.8 mi away

4%573

Ballwin (in town)right here

4%500

Des Peres5.7 mi away

3%385

Ellisville2.1 mi away

2%299

Fenton7 mi away

2%280

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%6,566

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

How far

How far Ballwin commutes

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

46%

47%

46%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ballwin is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ballwin are

6,246 jobs are based in Ballwin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ballwin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ballwin

6,246 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Ballwin residents hold

14,131 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+15%

Jobs based in Ballwin, 2013 → 2023: 5,427 → 6,246. 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.