Work & commute · Lemay

Work & commute in Lemay, MO

Most working residents leave Lemay for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (23%), Maryland Heights (4%) and Chesterfield (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

271 of 7,429 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,158 Lemay residents head out of town to work, 271 work right here, and 3,517 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lemay.

7,158live here, work elsewhere

271live and work here

3,517work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lemay goes to work

St. Louis7.4 mi away

23%1,701

Maryland Heights16.2 mi away

4%299

Lemay (in town)right here

4%271

Chesterfield18.1 mi away

3%258

Mehlville2.7 mi away

3%249

Creve Coeur12.3 mi away

3%240

Fenton9 mi away

3%207

Clayton8 mi away

3%192

Concord3.9 mi away

2%129

Arnold8.7 mi away

2%126

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%3,757

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

How far

How far Lemay commutes

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

58%

34%

58%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lemay is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lemay are

3,788 jobs are based in Lemay. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lemay’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lemay

3,788 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Lemay residents hold

7,429 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+8%

Jobs based in Lemay, 2013 → 2023: 3,523 → 3,788. 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.