Work & commute · Kirkwood

Work & commute in Kirkwood, MO

Most working residents leave Kirkwood for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (19%), Creve Coeur (5%) and Chesterfield (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

902 of 12,963 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,061 Kirkwood residents head out of town to work, 902 work right here, and 11,161 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kirkwood.

12,061live here, work elsewhere

902live and work here

11,161work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kirkwood goes to work

St. Louis10.3 mi away

19%2,421

Kirkwood (in town)right here

7%902

Creve Coeur5.8 mi away

5%708

Chesterfield10.2 mi away

5%676

Clayton6.6 mi away

5%663

Maryland Heights9.9 mi away

5%624

Town and Country4.8 mi away

3%412

Des Peres1.9 mi away

3%383

Webster Groves3.6 mi away

2%274

Berkeley12.4 mi away

2%214

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%5,686

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

How far

How far Kirkwood commutes

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

64%

28%

64%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kirkwood is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kirkwood are

12,063 jobs are based in Kirkwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kirkwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kirkwood

12,063 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Kirkwood residents hold

12,963 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month71%

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Jobs based in Kirkwood, 2013 → 2023: 12,059 → 12,063. 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.