Work & commute · Maplewood

Work & commute in Maplewood, MO

Most working residents leave Maplewood for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (26%), Clayton (5%) and Maryland Heights (5%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

250 of 4,532 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 4,282 Maplewood residents head out of town to work, 250 work right here, and 6,985 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Maplewood.

4,282live here, work elsewhere

250live and work here

6,985work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Maplewood goes to work

St. Louis4.6 mi away

26%1,164

Maplewood (in town)right here

6%250

Clayton2.3 mi away

5%237

Maryland Heights10.8 mi away

5%213

Creve Coeur7.3 mi away

4%187

Chesterfield14.2 mi away

4%173

Brentwood1.4 mi away

2%102

Webster Groves2.4 mi away

2%99

Kirkwood5.7 mi away

2%88

Town and Country8.3 mi away

2%86

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%1,933

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

How far

How far Maplewood commutes

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

75%

19%

75%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Maplewood is a job hub

1.60jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Maplewood are

7,235 jobs are based in Maplewood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Maplewood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Maplewood

7,235 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Maplewood residents hold

4,532 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+10%

Jobs based in Maplewood, 2013 → 2023: 6,587 → 7,235. 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.