Work & commute · Gerald

Work & commute in Gerald, MO

Most working residents leave Gerald for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (11%), Union (8%) and Owensville (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30 of 584 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 554 Gerald residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 475 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gerald.

554live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

475work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gerald goes to work

Washington20.1 mi away

11%62

Union18.3 mi away

8%46

Owensville9.7 mi away

6%35

Gerald (in town)right here

5%30

Sullivan15.8 mi away

5%27

St. Louis61 mi away

4%26

Chesterfield44.4 mi away

3%16

Pacific32 mi away

2%11

New Haven15.4 mi away

2%10

Creve Coeur51.3 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%311

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

How far

How far Gerald commutes

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

14%

38%

19%

29%

14%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gerald is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gerald are

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

Jobs based in Gerald

505 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)61%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Gerald residents hold

584 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−2%

Jobs based in Gerald, 2013 → 2023: 513 → 505. 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.