Work & commute · St. John

Work & commute in St. John, MO

Most working residents leave St. John for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (14%), Maryland Heights (8%) and Bridgeton (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35 of 2,797 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,762 St. John residents head out of town to work, 35 work right here, and 1,527 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in St. John.

2,762live here, work elsewhere

35live and work here

1,527work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where St. John goes to work

St. Louis7.7 mi away

14%399

Maryland Heights6.8 mi away

8%223

Bridgeton5.6 mi away

4%116

Creve Coeur6.4 mi away

4%113

Chesterfield13.2 mi away

4%113

St. Charles10.7 mi away

4%107

Hazelwood6.1 mi away

3%85

Clayton4.9 mi away

3%82

Berkeley2.3 mi away

3%70

Overland1.8 mi away

2%68

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%1,421

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

How far

How far St. John commutes

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

69%

23%

69%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

St. John is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in St. John are

1,562 jobs are based in St. John. Here is what they are, next to the jobs St. John’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in St. John

1,562 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs St. John residents hold

2,797 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+35%

Jobs based in St. John, 2013 → 2023: 1,158 → 1,562. 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.