Work & commute · University

Work & commute in University, MO

Most working residents leave University for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (27%), Clayton (7%) and Creve Coeur (5%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

561 of 15,015 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 14,454 University residents head out of town to work, 561 work right here, and 7,027 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in University.

14,454live here, work elsewhere

561live and work here

7,027work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where University goes to work

St. Louis5.1 mi away

27%4,039

Clayton1.5 mi away

7%1,056

Creve Coeur6 mi away

5%679

Maryland Heights8.3 mi away

4%671

University City (in town)right here

4%561

Chesterfield13.4 mi away

4%554

Berkeley5.6 mi away

2%312

St. Charles13.4 mi away

2%298

Town and Country8.1 mi away

2%280

Bridgeton8.7 mi away

2%242

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%6,323

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

How far

How far University commutes

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

77%

16%

77%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

University is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in University are

7,588 jobs are based in University. Here is what they are, next to the jobs University’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in University

7,588 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs University residents hold

15,015 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−15%

Jobs based in University, 2013 → 2023: 8,909 → 7,588. 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.