Work & commute · St. Robert

Work & commute in St. Robert, MO

Most working residents leave St. Robert for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Leonard Wood (15%), Waynesville (12%) and Rolla (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

208 of 1,363 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 1,155 St. Robert residents head out of town to work, 208 work right here, and 2,480 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in St. Robert.

1,155live here, work elsewhere

208live and work here

2,480work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where St. Robert goes to work

Fort Leonard Wood5.4 mi away

15%209

St. Robert (in town)right here

15%208

Waynesville3.6 mi away

12%159

Rolla23 mi away

6%80

Springfield76.1 mi away

5%70

Lebanon29.6 mi away

3%43

Jefferson City50.9 mi away

2%33

Columbia77.7 mi away

2%27

Kansas City157.3 mi away

1%20

Sedalia84.1 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%496

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

How far

How far St. Robert commutes

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

44%

10%

11%

36%

44%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

St. Robert is a job hub

1.97jobs 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. Robert are

2,688 jobs are based in St. Robert. Here is what they are, next to the jobs St. Robert’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in St. Robert

2,688 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs St. Robert residents hold

1,363 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month39%

+5%

Jobs based in St. Robert, 2013 → 2023: 2,565 → 2,688. 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.