Work & commute · Manchester

Work & commute in Manchester, MO

Most working residents leave Manchester for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (13%), Chesterfield (8%) and Maryland Heights (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

248 of 8,270 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 8,022 Manchester residents head out of town to work, 248 work right here, and 4,984 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Manchester.

8,022live here, work elsewhere

248live and work here

4,984work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Manchester goes to work

St. Louis14.6 mi away

13%1,052

Chesterfield6.6 mi away

8%677

Maryland Heights9.4 mi away

5%437

Creve Coeur6.4 mi away

5%424

Clayton10.4 mi away

4%364

Town and Country3.8 mi away

4%315

Manchester (in town)right here

3%248

Des Peres3.5 mi away

3%246

Fenton4.8 mi away

2%205

O'Fallon17.8 mi away

2%180

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%4,122

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

How far

How far Manchester commutes

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

52%

40%

52%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Manchester is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Manchester are

5,232 jobs are based in Manchester. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Manchester’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Manchester

5,232 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Manchester residents hold

8,270 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−2%

Jobs based in Manchester, 2013 → 2023: 5,360 → 5,232. 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.