Work & commute · Bel-Ridge

Work & commute in Bel-Ridge, MO

Most working residents leave Bel-Ridge for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (20%), Maryland Heights (7%) and Hazelwood (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 818 working residents

Typical commute

7 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 800 Bel-Ridge residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 1,008 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bel-Ridge.

800live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

1,008work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bel-Ridge goes to work

St. Louis7 mi away

20%164

Maryland Heights7.7 mi away

7%55

Hazelwood6.7 mi away

3%27

Chesterfield14 mi away

3%27

St. Peters15.6 mi away

3%26

Berkeley2.4 mi away

3%24

Creve Coeur7.1 mi away

3%23

St. Charles11.6 mi away

3%23

Bridgeton6.3 mi away

3%21

Clayton4.7 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%409

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

How far

How far Bel-Ridge commutes

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

73%

21%

73%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bel-Ridge is balanced between jobs and homes

1.25jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bel-Ridge are

1,026 jobs are based in Bel-Ridge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bel-Ridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bel-Ridge

1,026 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Bel-Ridge residents hold

818 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month40%

−16%

Jobs based in Bel-Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 1,228 → 1,026. 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.