Work & commute · Clayton

Work & commute in Clayton, MO

Most working residents leave Clayton for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (27%), Creve Coeur (5%) and Maryland Heights (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

713 of 5,514 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,801 Clayton residents head out of town to work, 713 work right here, and 36,945 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clayton.

4,801live here, work elsewhere

713live and work here

36,945work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clayton goes to work

St. Louis4.7 mi away

27%1,506

Clayton (in town)right here

13%713

Creve Coeur6.2 mi away

5%267

Maryland Heights9.1 mi away

4%214

Chesterfield13.5 mi away

4%213

Town and Country7.9 mi away

2%114

Berkeley7.1 mi away

2%86

Richmond Heights0.9 mi away

2%83

Kansas City229.4 mi away

1%78

Des Peres7 mi away

1%68

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%2,172

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

How far

How far Clayton commutes

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

76%

14%

76%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clayton is a job hub

6.83jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Clayton are

37,658 jobs are based in Clayton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clayton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Clayton

37,658 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Clayton residents hold

5,514 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+9%

Jobs based in Clayton, 2013 → 2023: 34,571 → 37,658. 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.