Work & commute · Elsberry

Work & commute in Elsberry, MO

Most working residents leave Elsberry for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are O'Fallon (9%), Wentzville (6%) and Troy (6%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

85 of 850 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 765 Elsberry residents head out of town to work, 85 work right here, and 285 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elsberry.

765live here, work elsewhere

85live and work here

285work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elsberry goes to work

Elsberry (in town)right here

10%85

O'Fallon27.1 mi away

9%74

Wentzville24.6 mi away

6%55

Troy16.7 mi away

6%50

St. Peters28.4 mi away

6%48

St. Louis47 mi away

5%41

St. Charles29.6 mi away

4%38

Chesterfield36.9 mi away

3%25

Maryland Heights35.5 mi away

2%19

Creve Coeur39.6 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%402

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

How far

How far Elsberry commutes

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

16%

22%

52%

10%

16%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

52%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elsberry is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elsberry are

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

Jobs based in Elsberry

370 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Elsberry residents hold

850 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+8%

Jobs based in Elsberry, 2013 → 2023: 342 → 370. 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.