Work & commute · Black Jack

Work & commute in Black Jack, MO

Most working residents leave Black Jack for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (22%), Maryland Heights (5%) and Clayton (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 2,694 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,672 Black Jack residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 800 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Black Jack.

2,672live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

800work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Black Jack goes to work

St. Louis11.3 mi away

22%588

Maryland Heights12.6 mi away

5%136

Clayton11.3 mi away

4%108

Hazelwood7.1 mi away

4%108

Creve Coeur13.5 mi away

4%104

Florissant3.4 mi away

3%89

Bridgeton8.5 mi away

3%81

St. Peters18.4 mi away

3%81

Chesterfield19.6 mi away

3%77

St. Charles13.6 mi away

2%67

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%1,255

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

How far

How far Black Jack commutes

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

31%

60%

31%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Black Jack is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Black Jack are

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

Jobs based in Black Jack

822 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Black Jack residents hold

2,694 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−18%

Jobs based in Black Jack, 2013 → 2023: 1,004 → 822. 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.