Work & commute · Mehlville

Work & commute in Mehlville, MO

Most working residents leave Mehlville for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (21%), Maryland Heights (4%) and Creve Coeur (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

599 of 13,328 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 12,729 Mehlville residents head out of town to work, 599 work right here, and 8,639 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mehlville.

12,729live here, work elsewhere

599live and work here

8,639work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mehlville goes to work

St. Louis10 mi away

21%2,861

Mehlville (in town)right here

4%599

Maryland Heights17.1 mi away

4%575

Creve Coeur13 mi away

4%503

Chesterfield17.9 mi away

4%493

Clayton9.9 mi away

3%401

Fenton7.6 mi away

3%338

Oakville3.6 mi away

2%275

Concord2.1 mi away

2%250

Town and Country12.6 mi away

2%243

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%6,790

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

How far

How far Mehlville commutes

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

46%

45%

46%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mehlville is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mehlville are

9,238 jobs are based in Mehlville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mehlville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mehlville

9,238 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Mehlville residents hold

13,328 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−9%

Jobs based in Mehlville, 2013 → 2023: 10,137 → 9,238. 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.