Work & commute · Old Jamestown

Work & commute in Old Jamestown, MO

Most working residents leave Old Jamestown for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (20%), Maryland Heights (6%) and Florissant (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

112 of 8,465 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,353 Old Jamestown residents head out of town to work, 112 work right here, and 1,066 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Old Jamestown.

8,353live here, work elsewhere

112live and work here

1,066work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Old Jamestown goes to work

St. Louis13.9 mi away

20%1,698

Maryland Heights13 mi away

6%541

Florissant3.3 mi away

5%400

Creve Coeur14.7 mi away

4%312

Hazelwood6.6 mi away

3%295

Bridgeton8.3 mi away

3%292

Berkeley6.7 mi away

3%281

Clayton13.4 mi away

3%275

St. Charles12.7 mi away

3%250

Chesterfield20 mi away

3%216

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%3,905

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

How far

How far Old Jamestown commutes

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

29%

62%

29%Under 10 mi

62%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Old Jamestown is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Old Jamestown are

1,178 jobs are based in Old Jamestown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Old Jamestown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Old Jamestown

1,178 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Old Jamestown residents hold

8,465 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−1%

Jobs based in Old Jamestown, 2013 → 2023: 1,185 → 1,178. 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.