Work & commute · Eureka

Work & commute in Eureka, MO

Most working residents leave Eureka for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (14%), Chesterfield (8%) and Maryland Heights (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

423 of 5,046 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,623 Eureka residents head out of town to work, 423 work right here, and 5,135 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eureka.

4,623live here, work elsewhere

423live and work here

5,135work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eureka goes to work

St. Louis23.6 mi away

14%714

Eureka (in town)right here

8%423

Chesterfield11.6 mi away

8%384

Maryland Heights17.8 mi away

4%221

Creve Coeur15.7 mi away

4%190

Fenton10.7 mi away

3%162

Clayton19.8 mi away

3%160

Wildwood5.6 mi away

3%140

Town and Country13.1 mi away

2%112

Ellisville7 mi away

2%95

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%2,445

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

How far

How far Eureka commutes

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

22%

64%

22%Under 10 mi

64%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eureka is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Eureka are

5,558 jobs are based in Eureka. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Eureka’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Eureka

5,558 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Eureka residents hold

5,046 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+31%

Jobs based in Eureka, 2013 → 2023: 4,255 → 5,558. 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.