Work & commute · Ste. Genevieve

Work & commute in Ste. Genevieve, MO

About one in 3 of Ste. Genevieve’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Perryville (5%), St. Louis (4%) and Farmington (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

597 of 1,911 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 1,314 Ste. Genevieve residents head out of town to work, 597 work right here, and 1,956 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ste. Genevieve.

1,314live here, work elsewhere

597live and work here

1,956work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ste. Genevieve goes to work

Ste. Genevieve (in town)right here

31%597

Perryville19.6 mi away

5%93

St. Louis46.9 mi away

4%72

Farmington24.3 mi away

3%49

Cape Girardeau53.2 mi away

2%32

Bloomsdale9.6 mi away

2%29

Fenton44 mi away

1%22

Arnold35.7 mi away

1%16

Pevely28.8 mi away

1%15

Clayton48.8 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%972

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

How far

How far Ste. Genevieve commutes

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

43%

14%

21%

43%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ste. Genevieve is balanced between jobs and homes

1.34jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.34 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ste. Genevieve are

2,553 jobs are based in Ste. Genevieve. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ste. Genevieve’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ste. Genevieve

2,553 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Ste. Genevieve residents hold

1,911 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+1%

Jobs based in Ste. Genevieve, 2013 → 2023: 2,530 → 2,553. 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.