Work & commute · Berkeley

Work & commute in Berkeley, MO

Most working residents leave Berkeley for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (17%), Maryland Heights (6%) and Creve Coeur (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

134 of 3,330 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,196 Berkeley residents head out of town to work, 134 work right here, and 22,851 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Berkeley.

3,196live here, work elsewhere

134live and work here

22,851work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Berkeley goes to work

St. Louis9.1 mi away

17%579

Maryland Heights7.6 mi away

6%211

Berkeley (in town)right here

4%134

Creve Coeur8.2 mi away

4%133

Bridgeton4.7 mi away

4%131

Hazelwood4.6 mi away

4%122

St. Charles10.2 mi away

3%111

St. Peters14.7 mi away

3%107

Florissant3.7 mi away

3%92

Chesterfield14.4 mi away

2%80

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,630

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

How far

How far Berkeley commutes

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

63%

29%

63%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Berkeley is a job hub

6.90jobs per working resident

A job hub

6.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Berkeley are

22,985 jobs are based in Berkeley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Berkeley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Berkeley

22,985 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)78%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month7%

Over $3,333 a month90%

Jobs Berkeley residents hold

3,330 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+205%

Jobs based in Berkeley, 2013 → 2023: 7,537 → 22,985. 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.