Work & commute · Gray Summit

Work & commute in Gray Summit, MO

Most working residents leave Gray Summit for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Pacific (8%), St. Louis (7%) and Chesterfield (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 1,563 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,539 Gray Summit residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 446 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gray Summit.

1,539live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

446work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gray Summit goes to work

Pacific4.2 mi away

8%130

St. Louis32.7 mi away

7%113

Chesterfield17.3 mi away

6%87

Washington11.1 mi away

4%68

Eureka9.6 mi away

4%67

Union10.1 mi away

3%50

Fenton20.3 mi away

3%47

Maryland Heights24.4 mi away

3%42

O'Fallon20.3 mi away

2%37

Creve Coeur23.5 mi away

2%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%887

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

How far

How far Gray Summit commutes

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

18%

48%

25%

18%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gray Summit is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gray Summit are

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

Jobs based in Gray Summit

470 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Gray Summit residents hold

1,563 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+46%

Jobs based in Gray Summit, 2013 → 2023: 322 → 470. 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.