Work & commute · Dardenne Prairie

Work & commute in Dardenne Prairie, MO

Most working residents leave Dardenne Prairie for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are O'Fallon (15%), Chesterfield (7%) and St. Louis (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

87 of 6,353 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 6,266 Dardenne Prairie residents head out of town to work, 87 work right here, and 2,090 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dardenne Prairie.

6,266live here, work elsewhere

87live and work here

2,090work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dardenne Prairie goes to work

O'Fallon2.6 mi away

15%954

Chesterfield9.3 mi away

7%453

St. Louis26.4 mi away

7%432

St. Peters6.6 mi away

7%413

Maryland Heights13.2 mi away

5%327

St. Charles11.4 mi away

5%289

Creve Coeur15.7 mi away

4%260

Wentzville9.7 mi away

4%226

Berkeley20.4 mi away

3%194

Clayton21.8 mi away

3%186

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%2,619

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

How far

How far Dardenne Prairie commutes

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

35%

48%

10%

35%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dardenne Prairie is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dardenne Prairie are

2,177 jobs are based in Dardenne Prairie. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dardenne Prairie’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dardenne Prairie

2,177 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Dardenne Prairie residents hold

6,353 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+35%

Jobs based in Dardenne Prairie, 2013 → 2023: 1,616 → 2,177. 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.