Work & commute · Pacific

Work & commute in Pacific, MO

Most working residents leave Pacific for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (8%), Chesterfield (5%) and Eureka (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

426 of 3,581 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 3,155 Pacific residents head out of town to work, 426 work right here, and 4,254 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pacific.

3,155live here, work elsewhere

426live and work here

4,254work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pacific goes to work

Pacific (in town)right here

12%426

St. Louis29.3 mi away

8%300

Chesterfield15.4 mi away

5%162

Eureka5.8 mi away

4%158

Fenton16.5 mi away

3%116

Creve Coeur20.8 mi away

3%110

Washington15.2 mi away

3%109

Maryland Heights22.2 mi away

3%102

O'Fallon20.7 mi away

3%98

Union13.6 mi away

2%83

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%1,917

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

How far

How far Pacific commutes

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

21%

50%

21%

21%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pacific is balanced between jobs and homes

1.31jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pacific are

4,680 jobs are based in Pacific. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pacific’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pacific

4,680 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Pacific residents hold

3,581 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+11%

Jobs based in Pacific, 2013 → 2023: 4,207 → 4,680. 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.