Work & commute · Murphy

Work & commute in Murphy, MO

Most working residents leave Murphy for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (12%), Fenton (6%) and Maryland Heights (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

193 of 3,876 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,683 Murphy residents head out of town to work, 193 work right here, and 3,535 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Murphy.

3,683live here, work elsewhere

193live and work here

3,535work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Murphy goes to work

St. Louis16.4 mi away

12%450

Fenton3.2 mi away

6%226

Murphy (in town)right here

5%193

Maryland Heights15.5 mi away

4%167

Chesterfield12.6 mi away

4%167

Creve Coeur12 mi away

3%131

Arnold7.8 mi away

3%98

Kirkwood7 mi away

2%92

Sunset Hills4.9 mi away

2%79

Town and Country9.8 mi away

2%68

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%2,205

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

How far

How far Murphy commutes

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

39%

49%

39%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Murphy is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Murphy are

3,728 jobs are based in Murphy. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Murphy’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Murphy

3,728 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Murphy residents hold

3,876 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+15%

Jobs based in Murphy, 2013 → 2023: 3,238 → 3,728. 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.