Work & commute · St. Clair

Work & commute in St. Clair, MO

Most working residents leave St. Clair for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Union (8%), Washington (7%) and St. Louis (5%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

311 of 2,087 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 1,776 St. Clair residents head out of town to work, 311 work right here, and 2,016 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in St. Clair.

1,776live here, work elsewhere

311live and work here

2,016work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where St. Clair goes to work

St. Clair (in town)right here

15%311

Union6.3 mi away

8%163

Washington14.2 mi away

7%152

St. Louis45.2 mi away

5%104

Pacific16.1 mi away

4%79

Chesterfield31.1 mi away

3%54

Creve Coeur36.9 mi away

2%50

Fenton32 mi away

2%48

Sullivan13 mi away

2%48

Eureka21.6 mi away

2%47

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,031

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

How far

How far St. Clair commutes

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

27%

22%

42%

27%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

42%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

St. Clair is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in St. Clair are

2,327 jobs are based in St. Clair. Here is what they are, next to the jobs St. Clair’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in St. Clair

2,327 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs St. Clair residents hold

2,087 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−7%

Jobs based in St. Clair, 2013 → 2023: 2,497 → 2,327. 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.