Work & commute · Oakville

Work & commute in Oakville, MO

Most working residents leave Oakville for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (21%), Creve Coeur (4%) and Maryland Heights (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

796 of 16,751 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 15,955 Oakville residents head out of town to work, 796 work right here, and 4,791 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oakville.

15,955live here, work elsewhere

796live and work here

4,791work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oakville goes to work

St. Louis13.5 mi away

21%3,507

Oakville (in town)right here

5%796

Creve Coeur16.1 mi away

4%659

Maryland Heights20.2 mi away

4%658

Chesterfield20.2 mi away

4%601

Clayton13.5 mi away

4%590

Mehlville3.6 mi away

3%580

Fenton9 mi away

3%425

Arnold3.2 mi away

2%354

Town and Country15.3 mi away

2%348

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%8,233

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

How far

How far Oakville commutes

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

30%

59%

30%Under 10 mi

59%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oakville is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oakville are

5,587 jobs are based in Oakville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oakville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Oakville

5,587 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Oakville residents hold

16,751 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+15%

Jobs based in Oakville, 2013 → 2023: 4,867 → 5,587. 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.