Work & commute · Barnhart

Work & commute in Barnhart, MO

Most working residents leave Barnhart for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (16%), Arnold (5%) and Fenton (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42 of 2,778 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,736 Barnhart residents head out of town to work, 42 work right here, and 636 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barnhart.

2,736live here, work elsewhere

42live and work here

636work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Barnhart goes to work

St. Louis22.4 mi away

16%443

Arnold6.4 mi away

5%138

Fenton13.5 mi away

3%92

Creve Coeur22.6 mi away

3%92

Chesterfield24.2 mi away

3%86

Maryland Heights26.5 mi away

3%84

Clayton21.6 mi away

2%59

Festus8.1 mi away

2%55

Imperial1.6 mi away

2%55

Mehlville12.4 mi away

2%51

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%1,623

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

How far

How far Barnhart commutes

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

19%

57%

16%

19%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Barnhart is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Barnhart are

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

Jobs based in Barnhart

678 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Barnhart residents hold

2,778 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

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Jobs based in Barnhart, 2013 → 2023: 681 → 678. 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.