Work & commute · Lake St. Clair

Work & commute in Lake St. Clair, MO

Most working residents leave Lake St. Clair for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are St. Clair (14%), Union (6%) and St. Louis (5%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 441 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 440 Lake St. Clair residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake St. Clair.

440live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

9work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake St. Clair goes to work

St. Clair1.6 mi away

14%62

Union7.9 mi away

6%28

St. Louis46.2 mi away

5%23

Pacific17.3 mi away

4%18

Washington15.8 mi away

4%17

Chesterfield32.5 mi away

3%13

Sullivan11.7 mi away

3%12

O'Fallon34.9 mi away

3%12

Creve Coeur38.1 mi away

2%8

Maryland Heights39.4 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%240

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

How far

How far Lake St. Clair commutes

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

26%

17%

49%

26%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

49%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake St. Clair is a commuter town

0.02jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake St. Clair are

10 jobs are based in Lake St. Clair. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lake St. Clair’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lake St. Clair

10 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Lake St. Clair residents hold

441 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−55%

Jobs based in Lake St. Clair, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 10. 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.