Work & commute · Shrewsbury

Work & commute in Shrewsbury, MO

Most working residents leave Shrewsbury for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (25%), Clayton (5%) and Webster Groves (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

60 of 2,897 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

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,837 Shrewsbury residents head out of town to work, 60 work right here, and 3,138 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shrewsbury.

2,837live here, work elsewhere

60live and work here

3,138work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shrewsbury goes to work

St. Louis5.6 mi away

25%721

Clayton4 mi away

5%147

Webster Groves1.4 mi away

5%136

Maryland Heights11.9 mi away

4%117

Chesterfield14.5 mi away

4%114

Creve Coeur8.1 mi away

4%109

Kirkwood5 mi away

2%70

Brentwood2.5 mi away

2%68

Shrewsbury (in town)right here

2%60

Town and Country8.6 mi away

2%59

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%1,296

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

How far

How far Shrewsbury commutes

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

72%

21%

72%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shrewsbury is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Shrewsbury are

3,198 jobs are based in Shrewsbury. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shrewsbury’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Shrewsbury

3,198 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Shrewsbury residents hold

2,897 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+21%

Jobs based in Shrewsbury, 2013 → 2023: 2,639 → 3,198. 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.