Work & commute · Northwoods

Work & commute in Northwoods, MO

Most working residents leave Northwoods for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (26%), Maryland Heights (5%) and Bridgeton (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 1,343 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 1,320 Northwoods residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 439 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Northwoods.

1,320live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

439work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Northwoods goes to work

St. Louis5.1 mi away

26%349

Maryland Heights10.3 mi away

5%68

Bridgeton8.7 mi away

3%47

Hazelwood8.8 mi away

3%47

Creve Coeur9.1 mi away

3%43

Florissant7.1 mi away

3%38

Berkeley4.1 mi away

3%35

St. Charles14.1 mi away

2%33

Clayton4.8 mi away

2%32

St. Peters18.2 mi away

2%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%620

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

How far

How far Northwoods commutes

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

69%

23%

69%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Northwoods is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Northwoods are

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

Jobs based in Northwoods

462 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Northwoods residents hold

1,343 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−23%

Jobs based in Northwoods, 2013 → 2023: 597 → 462. 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.