Work & commute · Foristell

Work & commute in Foristell, MO

Most working residents leave Foristell for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Wentzville (12%), O'Fallon (10%) and St. Charles (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 341 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 341 Foristell residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 418 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Foristell.

341live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

418work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Foristell goes to work

Wentzville5 mi away

12%41

O'Fallon13 mi away

10%34

St. Charles23.9 mi away

5%18

St. Peters19.2 mi away

5%18

St. Louis40.4 mi away

5%17

Maryland Heights27.1 mi away

4%14

Berkeley33.9 mi away

4%12

Creve Coeur29.7 mi away

3%10

Bridgeton29.3 mi away

3%9

Wright City4.3 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%160

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

How far

How far Foristell commutes

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

21%

31%

41%

21%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

41%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Foristell is balanced between jobs and homes

1.23jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.23 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Foristell are

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

Jobs based in Foristell

418 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Foristell residents hold

341 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+32%

Jobs based in Foristell, 2013 → 2023: 317 → 418. 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.