Work & commute · Warrenton

Work & commute in Warrenton, MO

Most working residents leave Warrenton for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Wentzville (7%), O'Fallon (7%) and St. Louis (4%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

464 of 4,174 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 3,710 Warrenton residents head out of town to work, 464 work right here, and 2,663 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Warrenton.

3,710live here, work elsewhere

464live and work here

2,663work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Warrenton goes to work

Warrenton (in town)right here

11%464

Wentzville14.6 mi away

7%307

O'Fallon22.6 mi away

7%289

St. Louis49.8 mi away

4%175

Truesdale0.9 mi away

4%162

St. Peters28.8 mi away

4%161

Chesterfield32.1 mi away

3%145

St. Charles33.6 mi away

3%144

Maryland Heights36.6 mi away

3%113

Troy13.9 mi away

2%102

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%2,112

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

How far

How far Warrenton commutes

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

20%

26%

42%

13%

20%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

42%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Warrenton is a commuter town

0.75jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Warrenton are

3,127 jobs are based in Warrenton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Warrenton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Warrenton

3,127 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Warrenton residents hold

4,174 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+3%

Jobs based in Warrenton, 2013 → 2023: 3,027 → 3,127. 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.