Work & commute · Silex

Work & commute in Silex, MO

Most working residents leave Silex for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Troy (8%), O'Fallon (7%) and St. Charles (5%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 104 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 98 Silex residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 160 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Silex.

98live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

160work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Silex goes to work

Troy11.9 mi away

8%8

O'Fallon30.1 mi away

7%7

Silex (in town)right here

6%6

St. Charles37 mi away

5%5

Wentzville23.8 mi away

5%5

St. Louis55.3 mi away

5%5

Chesterfield41.3 mi away

4%4

Lake St. Louis28.1 mi away

3%3

St. Peters34.1 mi away

3%3

Maryland Heights42.3 mi away

3%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%55

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

How far

How far Silex commutes

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

15%

22%

43%

19%

15%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

43%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Silex is a job hub

1.60jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Silex are

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

Jobs based in Silex

166 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Silex residents hold

104 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−14%

Jobs based in Silex, 2013 → 2023: 192 → 166. 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.