Work & commute · Parkway

Work & commute in Parkway, MO

Most working residents leave Parkway for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are St. Clair (15%), Washington (11%) and Union (8%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 266 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 265 Parkway residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Parkway.

265live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

41work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Parkway goes to work

St. Clair1.6 mi away

15%39

Washington15.2 mi away

11%29

Union7.2 mi away

8%21

Pacific15.5 mi away

7%18

St. Louis44.3 mi away

5%13

Sullivan13.6 mi away

3%7

Maryland Heights37.6 mi away

3%7

Chesterfield30.7 mi away

3%7

Creve Coeur36.3 mi away

2%6

Fenton31 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%114

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

How far

How far Parkway commutes

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

26%

40%

26%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

40%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Parkway is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Parkway are

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

Jobs based in Parkway

42 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month60%

Over $3,333 a month12%

Jobs Parkway residents hold

266 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−25%

Jobs based in Parkway, 2013 → 2023: 56 → 42. 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.