Work & commute · Overland

Work & commute in Overland, MO

Most working residents leave Overland for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (15%), Maryland Heights (8%) and Creve Coeur (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

259 of 6,922 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,663 Overland residents head out of town to work, 259 work right here, and 10,695 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Overland.

6,663live here, work elsewhere

259live and work here

10,695work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Overland goes to work

St. Louis7.9 mi away

15%1,031

Maryland Heights5.8 mi away

8%532

Creve Coeur4.7 mi away

5%342

Chesterfield11.7 mi away

4%311

Overland (in town)right here

4%259

St. Charles10.5 mi away

4%243

Bridgeton6 mi away

3%239

Clayton4.1 mi away

3%194

Hazelwood7 mi away

3%180

Town and Country7.2 mi away

2%149

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%3,442

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

How far

How far Overland commutes

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

70%

23%

70%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Overland is a job hub

1.58jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Overland are

10,954 jobs are based in Overland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Overland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Overland

10,954 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Overland residents hold

6,922 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+1%

Jobs based in Overland, 2013 → 2023: 10,880 → 10,954. 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.