Work & commute · Clarkson Valley

Work & commute in Clarkson Valley, MO

Most working residents leave Clarkson Valley for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Chesterfield (13%), St. Louis (11%) and Creve Coeur (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 1,163 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

37%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,149 Clarkson Valley residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 1,194 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clarkson Valley.

1,149live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

1,194work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clarkson Valley goes to work

Chesterfield2.5 mi away

13%150

St. Louis19 mi away

11%130

Creve Coeur8.7 mi away

8%96

Maryland Heights9.3 mi away

7%79

Clayton14.5 mi away

5%56

Town and Country6.6 mi away

4%43

O'Fallon12.6 mi away

3%34

Des Peres8.4 mi away

3%31

Ballwin3.3 mi away

2%28

St. Charles12.6 mi away

2%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%493

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

How far

How far Clarkson Valley commutes

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

42%

51%

42%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clarkson Valley is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Clarkson Valley are

1,208 jobs are based in Clarkson Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clarkson Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Clarkson Valley

1,208 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Clarkson Valley residents hold

1,163 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+37%

Jobs based in Clarkson Valley, 2013 → 2023: 879 → 1,208. 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.