Work & commute · Crestwood

Work & commute in Crestwood, MO

Most working residents leave Crestwood for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (23%), Clayton (5%) and Creve Coeur (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

122 of 5,740 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,618 Crestwood residents head out of town to work, 122 work right here, and 4,590 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crestwood.

5,618live here, work elsewhere

122live and work here

4,590work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Crestwood goes to work

St. Louis9 mi away

23%1,292

Clayton6.6 mi away

5%291

Creve Coeur8.1 mi away

5%275

Chesterfield12.9 mi away

4%255

Maryland Heights12.1 mi away

4%206

Kirkwood2.8 mi away

3%182

Sunset Hills2.4 mi away

3%147

Fenton4.4 mi away

2%142

Town and Country7.4 mi away

2%137

Webster Groves2.4 mi away

2%132

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%2,681

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

How far

How far Crestwood commutes

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

65%

27%

65%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Crestwood is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Crestwood are

4,712 jobs are based in Crestwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Crestwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Crestwood

4,712 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Crestwood residents hold

5,740 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+16%

Jobs based in Crestwood, 2013 → 2023: 4,048 → 4,712. 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.