Work & commute · Herculaneum

Work & commute in Herculaneum, MO

Most working residents leave Herculaneum for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (12%), Festus (6%) and Crystal City (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

56 of 2,268 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,212 Herculaneum residents head out of town to work, 56 work right here, and 1,461 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Herculaneum.

2,212live here, work elsewhere

56live and work here

1,461work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Herculaneum goes to work

St. Louis27.3 mi away

12%283

Festus2.8 mi away

6%135

Crystal City2.6 mi away

4%88

Chesterfield29.5 mi away

4%80

Fenton19 mi away

3%77

Arnold11.7 mi away

3%76

Maryland Heights32 mi away

3%61

Herculaneum (in town)right here

2%56

Pevely2.1 mi away

2%55

Creve Coeur28.1 mi away

2%51

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%1,306

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

How far

How far Herculaneum commutes

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

22%

31%

40%

22%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

40%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Herculaneum is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Herculaneum are

1,517 jobs are based in Herculaneum. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Herculaneum’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Herculaneum

1,517 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Herculaneum residents hold

2,268 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−2%

Jobs based in Herculaneum, 2013 → 2023: 1,555 → 1,517. 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.