Work & commute · Sappington

Work & commute in Sappington, MO

Most working residents leave Sappington for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (21%), Chesterfield (4%) and Maryland Heights (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

95 of 3,678 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,583 Sappington residents head out of town to work, 95 work right here, and 5,392 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sappington.

3,583live here, work elsewhere

95live and work here

5,392work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sappington goes to work

St. Louis10.3 mi away

21%766

Chesterfield14.4 mi away

4%161

Maryland Heights14.2 mi away

4%155

Creve Coeur10.1 mi away

4%153

Clayton8.5 mi away

4%150

Fenton4.2 mi away

3%99

Sunset Hills2 mi away

3%96

Sappington (in town)right here

3%95

Town and Country9.2 mi away

3%93

Webster Groves4.3 mi away

2%86

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%1,824

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

How far

How far Sappington commutes

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

55%

38%

55%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sappington is balanced between jobs and homes

1.49jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.49 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sappington are

5,487 jobs are based in Sappington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sappington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sappington

5,487 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Sappington residents hold

3,678 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−16%

Jobs based in Sappington, 2013 → 2023: 6,536 → 5,487. 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.