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Work & commute · St. James

Work & commute in St. James, MO

About one in 5 of St. James’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Rolla (23%), Cuba (4%) and Jefferson City (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
20%
314 of 1,575 working residents
Typical commute
12 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
20 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
10%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,261 St. James residents head out of town to work, 314 work right here, and 2,852 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in St. James.

1,261live here, work elsewhere
314live and work here
2,852work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where St. James goes to work

SteelvilleCubaSalemSt. JamesSullivanCreve CoeurRollaJefferson CityO'FallonCape GirardeauKansas CitySpringfieldSt. LouisColumbiaRollaCubaJefferson CityColumbiaSteelvilleSalemSpringfieldSullivanCreve CoeurSt. James
1
Rolla8.9 mi away
23%358
2
St. James (in town)right here
20%314
3
Cuba12.2 mi away
4%66
4
Jefferson City49.5 mi away
3%51
5
Columbia75.8 mi away
3%44
6
Steelville14.3 mi away
1%16
7
Salem25.4 mi away
1%16
8
Springfield107.5 mi away
1%16
9
Sullivan28.4 mi away
1%14
10
Creve Coeur78.1 mi away
1%13
Everywhere elseother towns and states
42%667

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

How far

How far St. James commutes

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

45%Under 10 mi
15%10–24 mi
10%25–50 mi
31%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

St. James is a job hub

2.01jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in St. James are

3,166 jobs are based in St. James. Here is what they are, next to the jobs St. James’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in St. James

3,166 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)14%
Trade, transport & utilities51%
Services (health, schools, offices…)35%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month45%
Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs St. James residents hold

1,575 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)17%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)59%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month37%
Over $3,333 a month46%
+17%

Jobs based in St. James, 2013 → 2023: 2,709 → 3,166. 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.

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