Work & commute · Rock Hill

Work & commute in Rock Hill, MO

Most working residents leave Rock Hill for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (21%), Clayton (7%) and Maryland Heights (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

56 of 2,464 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

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,408 Rock Hill residents head out of town to work, 56 work right here, and 2,038 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rock Hill.

2,408live here, work elsewhere

56live and work here

2,038work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rock Hill goes to work

St. Louis6.9 mi away

21%522

Clayton3.2 mi away

7%163

Maryland Heights9.3 mi away

5%121

Chesterfield12 mi away

4%109

Webster Groves1.7 mi away

4%93

Creve Coeur5.5 mi away

3%81

Brentwood1.3 mi away

3%72

Kirkwood3.5 mi away

3%64

Town and Country6.1 mi away

2%58

Rock Hill (in town)right here

2%56

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%1,125

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

How far

How far Rock Hill commutes

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

77%

16%

77%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rock Hill is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rock Hill are

2,094 jobs are based in Rock Hill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rock Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rock Hill

2,094 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Rock Hill residents hold

2,464 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−6%

Jobs based in Rock Hill, 2013 → 2023: 2,232 → 2,094. 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.