Work & commute · Olivette

Work & commute in Olivette, MO

Most working residents leave Olivette for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (23%), Creve Coeur (8%) and Maryland Heights (6%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

77 of 3,572 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,495 Olivette residents head out of town to work, 77 work right here, and 6,802 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Olivette.

3,495live here, work elsewhere

77live and work here

6,802work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Olivette goes to work

St. Louis7.7 mi away

23%810

Creve Coeur3.6 mi away

8%270

Maryland Heights5.9 mi away

6%219

Clayton3.2 mi away

6%201

Chesterfield10.9 mi away

4%134

Town and Country5.9 mi away

3%91

Berkeley5.6 mi away

2%85

St. Charles11.3 mi away

2%79

Olivette (in town)right here

2%77

Ladue2.5 mi away

2%64

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%1,542

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

How far

How far Olivette commutes

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

74%

18%

74%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Olivette is a job hub

1.93jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Olivette are

6,879 jobs are based in Olivette. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Olivette’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Olivette

6,879 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Olivette residents hold

3,572 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+3%

Jobs based in Olivette, 2013 → 2023: 6,667 → 6,879. 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.