Work & commute · Valley Park

Work & commute in Valley Park, MO

Most working residents leave Valley Park for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (13%), Chesterfield (7%) and Maryland Heights (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

111 of 3,471 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,360 Valley Park residents head out of town to work, 111 work right here, and 3,123 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Valley Park.

3,360live here, work elsewhere

111live and work here

3,123work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Valley Park goes to work

St. Louis14.8 mi away

13%451

Chesterfield8.8 mi away

7%235

Maryland Heights11.6 mi away

5%172

Creve Coeur8.2 mi away

5%168

Clayton11.1 mi away

4%128

Fenton2.9 mi away

4%122

Valley Park (in town)right here

3%111

Des Peres4.3 mi away

3%110

Town and Country5.8 mi away

3%103

Kirkwood4.5 mi away

2%86

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%1,785

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

How far

How far Valley Park commutes

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

49%

44%

49%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Valley Park is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Valley Park are

3,234 jobs are based in Valley Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Valley Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Valley Park

3,234 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Valley Park residents hold

3,471 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+16%

Jobs based in Valley Park, 2013 → 2023: 2,788 → 3,234. 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.