Work & commute · Chesterfield

Work & commute in Chesterfield, MO

Most working residents leave Chesterfield for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (13%), Creve Coeur (7%) and Maryland Heights (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

2,968 of 21,304 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 18,336 Chesterfield residents head out of town to work, 2,968 work right here, and 48,446 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chesterfield.

18,336live here, work elsewhere

2,968live and work here

48,446work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chesterfield goes to work

Chesterfield (in town)right here

14%2,968

St. Louis18.1 mi away

13%2,819

Creve Coeur7.4 mi away

7%1,395

Maryland Heights7 mi away

6%1,331

Clayton13.5 mi away

5%993

Town and Country5.9 mi away

4%915

O'Fallon11.3 mi away

3%645

Berkeley14.4 mi away

3%541

St. Charles10.1 mi away

2%426

Des Peres8.4 mi away

2%388

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%8,883

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

How far

How far Chesterfield commutes

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

50%

42%

50%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chesterfield is a job hub

2.41jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chesterfield are

51,414 jobs are based in Chesterfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chesterfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Chesterfield

51,414 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Chesterfield residents hold

21,304 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+12%

Jobs based in Chesterfield, 2013 → 2023: 45,911 → 51,414. 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.