Work & commute · Brentwood

Work & commute in Brentwood, MO

Most working residents leave Brentwood for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (24%), Clayton (8%) and Maryland Heights (5%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

183 of 4,132 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,949 Brentwood residents head out of town to work, 183 work right here, and 12,150 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brentwood.

3,949live here, work elsewhere

183live and work here

12,150work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brentwood goes to work

St. Louis5.7 mi away

24%994

Clayton2 mi away

8%342

Maryland Heights9.5 mi away

5%218

Chesterfield12.8 mi away

5%215

Creve Coeur5.9 mi away

5%201

Brentwood (in town)right here

4%183

Berkeley8.8 mi away

3%123

Town and Country7 mi away

3%109

Webster Groves2.3 mi away

2%98

Des Peres5.5 mi away

2%67

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,582

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

How far

How far Brentwood commutes

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

79%

15%

79%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brentwood is a job hub

2.98jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brentwood are

12,333 jobs are based in Brentwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brentwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brentwood

12,333 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Brentwood residents hold

4,132 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+24%

Jobs based in Brentwood, 2013 → 2023: 9,923 → 12,333. 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.