Work & commute · New Haven

Work & commute in New Haven, MO

Most working residents leave New Haven for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (24%), Hermann (5%) and Union (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

126 of 1,132 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,006 New Haven residents head out of town to work, 126 work right here, and 966 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Haven.

1,006live here, work elsewhere

126live and work here

966work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Haven goes to work

Washington11.5 mi away

24%276

New Haven (in town)right here

11%126

Hermann13.4 mi away

5%62

Union16.6 mi away

5%52

St. Louis52.6 mi away

4%48

Creve Coeur42 mi away

2%25

Chesterfield34.7 mi away

2%21

St. Charles40.1 mi away

2%19

Clayton48 mi away

1%14

Pacific26.7 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%476

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

How far

How far New Haven commutes

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

27%

32%

27%

14%

27%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Haven 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 New Haven are

1,092 jobs are based in New Haven. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Haven’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Haven

1,092 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs New Haven residents hold

1,132 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−19%

Jobs based in New Haven, 2013 → 2023: 1,351 → 1,092. 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.