Work & commute · Hillsboro

Work & commute in Hillsboro, MO

Most working residents leave Hillsboro for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (11%), Chesterfield (3%) and Festus (3%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

81 of 1,568 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 1,487 Hillsboro residents head out of town to work, 81 work right here, and 2,113 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hillsboro.

1,487live here, work elsewhere

81live and work here

2,113work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hillsboro goes to work

St. Louis32.9 mi away

11%170

Hillsboro (in town)right here

5%81

Chesterfield29.4 mi away

3%54

Festus8.6 mi away

3%50

Maryland Heights33.8 mi away

3%49

Fenton21.4 mi away

3%47

Arnold17.1 mi away

3%47

Creve Coeur30.4 mi away

3%40

De Soto6.4 mi away

2%35

Clayton31.2 mi away

2%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%966

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

How far

How far Hillsboro commutes

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

18%

26%

48%

18%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

48%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hillsboro is balanced between jobs and homes

1.40jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.40 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hillsboro are

2,194 jobs are based in Hillsboro. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hillsboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hillsboro

2,194 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Hillsboro residents hold

1,568 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+18%

Jobs based in Hillsboro, 2013 → 2023: 1,859 → 2,194. 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.