Work & commute · Cool Valley

Work & commute in Cool Valley, MO

Most working residents leave Cool Valley for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (23%), Maryland Heights (8%) and Creve Coeur (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 438 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 438 Cool Valley residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 179 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cool Valley.

438live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

179work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cool Valley goes to work

St. Louis7 mi away

23%100

Maryland Heights9 mi away

8%35

Creve Coeur8.6 mi away

4%19

Bridgeton6.9 mi away

3%15

Chesterfield15.4 mi away

3%14

Ferguson1.7 mi away

3%13

St. Peters16.6 mi away

3%13

Florissant5.3 mi away

3%12

St. Charles12.3 mi away

3%12

Clayton5.7 mi away

3%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%194

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

How far

How far Cool Valley commutes

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

72%

21%

72%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cool Valley is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cool Valley are

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

Jobs based in Cool Valley

179 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities73%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Cool Valley residents hold

438 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−74%

Jobs based in Cool Valley, 2013 → 2023: 682 → 179. 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.