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Work & commute · New Melle

Work & commute in New Melle, MO

Most working residents leave New Melle for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are O'Fallon (12%), Wentzville (8%) and St. Charles (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
7 of 260 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
30 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
14%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 253 New Melle residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 547 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Melle.

253live here, work elsewhere
7live and work here
547work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where New Melle goes to work

New MelleBerkeleyDardenne PrairieWright CityTroyWarrentonLake St. LouisCreve CoeurWashingtonSt. CharlesSt. PetersWentzvilleO'FallonChesterfieldSt. LouisO'FallonWentzvilleSt. CharlesSt. PetersCreve CoeurChesterfieldSt. LouisLake St. LouisBerkeleyNew Melle
1
O'Fallon10 mi away
12%31
2
Wentzville6.6 mi away
8%22
3
St. Charles21 mi away
5%13
4
St. Peters16.1 mi away
5%12
5
Creve Coeur24.7 mi away
4%11
6
Chesterfield17.5 mi away
4%11
7
St. Louis35.5 mi away
4%11
8
Lake St. Louis7 mi away
3%8
9
New Melle (in town)right here
3%7
10
Berkeley30.1 mi away
2%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
49%128

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

How far

How far New Melle commutes

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

25%Under 10 mi
42%10–24 mi
24%25–50 mi
9%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

New Melle is a job hub

2.13jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Melle are

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

Jobs based in New Melle

554 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)59%
Trade, transport & utilities8%
Services (health, schools, offices…)34%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month20%
Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs New Melle residents hold

260 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)23%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)57%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month17%
Over $3,333 a month69%
+246%

Jobs based in New Melle, 2013 → 2023: 160 → 554. 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.

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