Work & commute · Glendale

Work & commute in Glendale, MO

Most working residents leave Glendale for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (21%), Clayton (6%) and Creve Coeur (6%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42 of 2,613 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

35%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,571 Glendale residents head out of town to work, 42 work right here, and 694 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Glendale.

2,571live here, work elsewhere

42live and work here

694work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Glendale goes to work

St. Louis8 mi away

21%556

Clayton4.5 mi away

6%169

Creve Coeur5.8 mi away

6%152

Chesterfield11.5 mi away

5%133

Maryland Heights9.8 mi away

4%108

Town and Country5.7 mi away

4%96

Des Peres3.4 mi away

3%78

Kirkwood2.3 mi away

3%73

Berkeley10.9 mi away

2%53

Webster Groves1.6 mi away

2%52

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%1,143

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

How far

How far Glendale commutes

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

69%

23%

69%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Glendale is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.28 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Glendale are

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

Jobs based in Glendale

736 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Glendale residents hold

2,613 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+8%

Jobs based in Glendale, 2013 → 2023: 684 → 736. 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.