Work & commute · Twin Oaks

Work & commute in Twin Oaks, MO

Most working residents leave Twin Oaks for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (16%), Chesterfield (8%) and Maryland Heights (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 275 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 272 Twin Oaks residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 487 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Twin Oaks.

272live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

487work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Twin Oaks goes to work

St. Louis14.7 mi away

16%43

Chesterfield7.7 mi away

8%23

Maryland Heights10.6 mi away

6%17

Creve Coeur7.3 mi away

5%14

Ballwin3.3 mi away

4%10

Clayton10.7 mi away

3%9

Town and Country4.8 mi away

3%9

Fenton3.7 mi away

3%8

Des Peres3.8 mi away

3%7

Webster Groves8 mi away

3%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%128

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

How far

How far Twin Oaks commutes

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

53%

40%

53%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Twin Oaks is a job hub

1.78jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Twin Oaks are

490 jobs are based in Twin Oaks. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Twin Oaks’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Twin Oaks

490 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Twin Oaks residents hold

275 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+31%

Jobs based in Twin Oaks, 2013 → 2023: 374 → 490. 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.