Work & commute · Webster Groves

Work & commute in Webster Groves, MO

Most working residents leave Webster Groves for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (23%), Clayton (6%) and Creve Coeur (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

759 of 10,415 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,656 Webster Groves residents head out of town to work, 759 work right here, and 9,249 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Webster Groves.

9,656live here, work elsewhere

759live and work here

9,249work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Webster Groves goes to work

St. Louis6.8 mi away

23%2,421

Webster Groves (in town)right here

7%759

Clayton4.2 mi away

6%617

Creve Coeur7.1 mi away

4%462

Maryland Heights11 mi away

4%454

Chesterfield13.1 mi away

4%433

Town and Country7.3 mi away

3%273

Kirkwood3.6 mi away

2%256

Des Peres5 mi away

2%180

Brentwood2.3 mi away

2%179

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%4,381

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

How far

How far Webster Groves commutes

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

73%

18%

73%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Webster Groves is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Webster Groves are

10,008 jobs are based in Webster Groves. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Webster Groves’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Webster Groves

10,008 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Webster Groves residents hold

10,415 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month72%

−5%

Jobs based in Webster Groves, 2013 → 2023: 10,495 → 10,008. 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.