Work & commute · Frontenac

Work & commute in Frontenac, MO

Most working residents leave Frontenac for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (20%), Clayton (7%) and Creve Coeur (6%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 1,455 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,433 Frontenac residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 2,557 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Frontenac.

1,433live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

2,557work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Frontenac goes to work

St. Louis9.4 mi away

20%296

Clayton4.9 mi away

7%104

Creve Coeur2.6 mi away

6%93

Maryland Heights6.6 mi away

6%89

Chesterfield8.9 mi away

5%67

Town and Country3.1 mi away

4%60

Des Peres2.6 mi away

3%45

Kirkwood3.5 mi away

2%36

Brentwood3.9 mi away

2%28

St. Charles12.6 mi away

2%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%612

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

How far

How far Frontenac commutes

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

71%

20%

71%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Frontenac is a job hub

1.77jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Frontenac are

2,579 jobs are based in Frontenac. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Frontenac’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Frontenac

2,579 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Frontenac residents hold

1,455 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month74%

−10%

Jobs based in Frontenac, 2013 → 2023: 2,863 → 2,579. 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.