Work & commute · Villa Ridge

Work & commute in Villa Ridge, MO

Most working residents leave Villa Ridge for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (9%), St. Louis (8%) and Pacific (8%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 1,375 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 1,356 Villa Ridge residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 180 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Villa Ridge.

1,356live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

180work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Villa Ridge goes to work

Washington9.3 mi away

9%121

St. Louis36.4 mi away

8%107

Pacific7.3 mi away

8%106

Union6.4 mi away

4%58

Chesterfield21.1 mi away

4%50

O'Fallon23.3 mi away

3%41

Fenton23.7 mi away

3%40

Maryland Heights28.1 mi away

3%40

Creve Coeur27.3 mi away

3%38

Eureka13 mi away

3%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%737

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

How far

How far Villa Ridge commutes

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

26%

28%

39%

26%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

39%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Villa Ridge is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Villa Ridge are

199 jobs are based in Villa Ridge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Villa Ridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Villa Ridge

199 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Villa Ridge residents hold

1,375 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+27%

Jobs based in Villa Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 157 → 199. 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.