Work & commute · Ellisville

Work & commute in Ellisville, MO

Most working residents leave Ellisville for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (13%), Chesterfield (11%) and Maryland Heights (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

185 of 4,455 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 4,270 Ellisville residents head out of town to work, 185 work right here, and 5,575 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ellisville.

4,270live here, work elsewhere

185live and work here

5,575work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ellisville goes to work

St. Louis18.8 mi away

13%561

Chesterfield4.8 mi away

11%486

Maryland Heights10.8 mi away

5%244

Creve Coeur9.3 mi away

5%240

Ellisville (in town)right here

4%185

Town and Country6.8 mi away

3%151

Clayton14.4 mi away

3%141

Ballwin2.1 mi away

3%141

Des Peres7.8 mi away

3%112

Wildwood4.4 mi away

2%111

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%2,083

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

How far

How far Ellisville commutes

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

40%

52%

40%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ellisville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.29jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.29 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ellisville are

5,760 jobs are based in Ellisville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ellisville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ellisville

5,760 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Ellisville residents hold

4,455 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−13%

Jobs based in Ellisville, 2013 → 2023: 6,584 → 5,760. 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.