Work & commute · Bellflower

Work & commute in Bellflower, MO

Most working residents leave Bellflower for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Jonesburg (14%), St. Peters (6%) and Wentzville (6%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 111 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 110 Bellflower residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bellflower.

110live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

13work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bellflower goes to work

Jonesburg10.5 mi away

14%16

St. Peters43 mi away

6%7

Wentzville29.1 mi away

6%7

O'Fallon37.3 mi away

6%7

Montgomery City8.4 mi away

5%5

Jefferson City53.6 mi away

4%4

Columbia52.5 mi away

4%4

Truesdale18.1 mi away

3%3

Hermann21.6 mi away

3%3

Troy20.8 mi away

3%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%52

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

How far

How far Bellflower commutes

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

13%

28%

35%

24%

13%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bellflower is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bellflower are

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

Jobs based in Bellflower

14 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less57%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Bellflower residents hold

111 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+0%

Jobs based in Bellflower, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 14. 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.