Work & commute · Maryland Heights

Work & commute in Maryland Heights, MO

Most working residents leave Maryland Heights for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (13%), Creve Coeur (6%) and Chesterfield (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

1,617 of 14,075 working residents

Typical commute

8 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 12,458 Maryland Heights residents head out of town to work, 1,617 work right here, and 54,538 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Maryland Heights.

12,458live here, work elsewhere

1,617live and work here

54,538work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Maryland Heights goes to work

St. Louis13.5 mi away

13%1,894

Maryland Heights (in town)right here

11%1,617

Creve Coeur4.1 mi away

6%811

Chesterfield7 mi away

5%765

Bridgeton4.9 mi away

4%537

Berkeley7.6 mi away

4%514

Clayton9.1 mi away

4%512

St. Charles5.9 mi away

4%495

St. Peters8.4 mi away

3%421

Town and Country5.8 mi away

3%384

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%6,125

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

How far

How far Maryland Heights commutes

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

62%

31%

62%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Maryland Heights is a job hub

3.99jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Maryland Heights are

56,155 jobs are based in Maryland Heights. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Maryland Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Maryland Heights

56,155 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Maryland Heights residents hold

14,075 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+10%

Jobs based in Maryland Heights, 2013 → 2023: 51,129 → 56,155. 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.