Work & commute · Warson Woods

Work & commute in Warson Woods, MO

Most working residents leave Warson Woods for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (20%), Clayton (12%) and Maryland Heights (6%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 708 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 703 Warson Woods residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 805 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Warson Woods.

703live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

805work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Warson Woods goes to work

St. Louis8.2 mi away

20%145

Clayton4.2 mi away

12%85

Maryland Heights8.8 mi away

6%40

Chesterfield10.8 mi away

5%36

Creve Coeur4.7 mi away

5%35

Des Peres3 mi away

4%25

Ladue2.1 mi away

3%24

Town and Country4.9 mi away

2%16

Brentwood2.5 mi away

2%12

Fenton6.3 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%279

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

How far

How far Warson Woods commutes

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

71%

19%

71%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Warson Woods is balanced between jobs and homes

1.14jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Warson Woods are

810 jobs are based in Warson Woods. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Warson Woods’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Warson Woods

810 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Warson Woods residents hold

708 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month78%

+152%

Jobs based in Warson Woods, 2013 → 2023: 321 → 810. 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.