Work & commute · Pevely

Work & commute in Pevely, MO

Most working residents leave Pevely for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (12%), Arnold (4%) and Festus (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

103 of 2,861 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 2,758 Pevely residents head out of town to work, 103 work right here, and 1,512 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pevely.

2,758live here, work elsewhere

103live and work here

1,512work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pevely goes to work

St. Louis25.4 mi away

12%340

Arnold9.7 mi away

4%124

Pevely (in town)right here

4%103

Festus4.8 mi away

3%97

Fenton16.8 mi away

3%95

Maryland Heights29.9 mi away

3%91

Creve Coeur25.9 mi away

3%79

Herculaneum2.1 mi away

3%76

Clayton24.9 mi away

2%66

Chesterfield27.4 mi away

2%66

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%1,724

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

How far

How far Pevely commutes

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

22%

38%

33%

22%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pevely is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pevely are

1,615 jobs are based in Pevely. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pevely’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pevely

1,615 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Pevely residents hold

2,861 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+3%

Jobs based in Pevely, 2013 → 2023: 1,564 → 1,615. 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.