Work & commute · High Ridge

Work & commute in High Ridge, MO

Most working residents leave High Ridge for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (11%), Maryland Heights (5%) and Fenton (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31 of 1,996 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,965 High Ridge residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 1,505 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in High Ridge.

1,965live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

1,505work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where High Ridge goes to work

St. Louis19.8 mi away

11%229

Maryland Heights18 mi away

5%97

Fenton6.5 mi away

4%86

Creve Coeur14.7 mi away

4%83

Chesterfield13.9 mi away

4%80

Murphy3.4 mi away

4%79

Sunset Hills8.3 mi away

2%43

Eureka6.6 mi away

2%43

Clayton16.8 mi away

2%41

Town and Country12.3 mi away

2%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%1,181

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

How far

How far High Ridge commutes

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

28%

60%

28%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

High Ridge is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in High Ridge are

1,536 jobs are based in High Ridge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs High Ridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in High Ridge

1,536 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs High Ridge residents hold

1,996 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+21%

Jobs based in High Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 1,270 → 1,536. 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.