Work & commute · Old Monroe

Work & commute in Old Monroe, MO

Most working residents leave Old Monroe for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are O'Fallon (9%), St. Peters (6%) and Wentzville (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 114 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 112 Old Monroe residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 75 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Old Monroe.

112live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

75work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Old Monroe goes to work

O'Fallon10.8 mi away

9%10

St. Peters13.1 mi away

6%7

Wentzville10.3 mi away

5%6

Troy12 mi away

4%5

Creve Coeur25 mi away

4%5

Maryland Heights21.2 mi away

4%5

St. Louis34.1 mi away

4%5

St. Charles15.8 mi away

4%4

Chesterfield21.1 mi away

4%4

Town and Country25.5 mi away

3%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%60

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

How far

How far Old Monroe commutes

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

22%

44%

23%

11%

22%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Old Monroe is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Old Monroe are

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

Jobs based in Old Monroe

77 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Old Monroe residents hold

114 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+5%

Jobs based in Old Monroe, 2013 → 2023: 73 → 77. 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.