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Work & commute in De Soto, MO

Most working residents leave De Soto for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (7%), Hillsboro (4%) and Fenton (3%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
13%
337 of 2,596 working residents
Typical commute
28 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
36 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
16%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,259 De Soto residents head out of town to work, 337 work right here, and 1,936 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in De Soto.

2,259live here, work elsewhere
337live and work here
1,936work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where De Soto goes to work

DeslogeHillsboroBonne TerreDe SotoCrystal CityPevelyFentonFestusCreve CoeurFarmingtonArnoldMaryland HeightsChesterfieldSt. LouisSummer SetSt. LouisHillsboroFentonArnoldFestusCrystal CityCreve CoeurMaryland HeightsChesterfieldDe Soto
1
De Soto (in town)right here
13%337
2
St. Louis38.2 mi away
7%192
3
Hillsboro6.4 mi away
4%104
4
Fenton27.4 mi away
3%90
5
Arnold22.3 mi away
3%82
6
Festus9.9 mi away
3%72
7
Crystal City11.2 mi away
2%62
8
Creve Coeur36.6 mi away
2%60
9
Maryland Heights40.1 mi away
2%46
10
Chesterfield35.8 mi away
2%46
Everywhere elseother towns and states
58%1,505

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

How far

How far De Soto commutes

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

25%Under 10 mi
20%10–24 mi
48%25–50 mi
8%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

De Soto is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in De Soto are

2,273 jobs are based in De Soto. Here is what they are, next to the jobs De Soto’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in De Soto

2,273 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)14%
Trade, transport & utilities33%
Services (health, schools, offices…)54%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month42%
Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs De Soto residents hold

2,596 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)19%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)60%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month54%
+5%

Jobs based in De Soto, 2013 → 2023: 2,173 → 2,273. 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.

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