Work & commute · St. George

Work & commute in St. George, MO

Most working residents leave St. George for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (22%), Maryland Heights (6%) and Clayton (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 784 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 780 St. George residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in St. George.

780live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

41work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where St. George goes to work

St. Louis7.7 mi away

22%169

Maryland Heights15.1 mi away

6%45

Clayton7.4 mi away

4%31

Creve Coeur11.1 mi away

3%25

Chesterfield16.7 mi away

3%24

Town and Country11 mi away

3%21

Fenton7.5 mi away

2%19

Affton1.2 mi away

2%16

Mehlville2.4 mi away

2%16

Webster Groves4.1 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%403

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

How far

How far St. George commutes

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

56%

35%

56%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

St. George is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.06 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in St. George are

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

Jobs based in St. George

45 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs St. George residents hold

784 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−6%

Jobs based in St. George, 2013 → 2023: 48 → 45. 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.