Work & commute · Fenton

Work & commute in Fenton, MO

Most working residents leave Fenton for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (16%), Maryland Heights (5%) and Chesterfield (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

164 of 1,988 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,824 Fenton residents head out of town to work, 164 work right here, and 20,120 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fenton.

1,824live here, work elsewhere

164live and work here

20,120work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fenton goes to work

St. Louis13.4 mi away

16%327

Fenton (in town)right here

8%164

Maryland Heights13.1 mi away

5%95

Chesterfield11.4 mi away

5%95

Creve Coeur9.2 mi away

5%92

Clayton10.3 mi away

3%54

Town and Country7.4 mi away

3%50

Sunset Hills2.2 mi away

2%47

Des Peres4.8 mi away

2%30

Kirkwood3.9 mi away

2%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%1,004

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

How far

How far Fenton commutes

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

45%

47%

45%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fenton is a job hub

10.20jobs per working resident

A job hub

10.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Fenton are

20,284 jobs are based in Fenton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fenton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fenton

20,284 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Fenton residents hold

1,988 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+24%

Jobs based in Fenton, 2013 → 2023: 16,337 → 20,284. 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.