Work & commute · Weldon Spring

Work & commute in Weldon Spring, MO

Most working residents leave Weldon Spring for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are O'Fallon (8%), Chesterfield (8%) and St. Louis (8%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

46 of 2,281 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,235 Weldon Spring residents head out of town to work, 46 work right here, and 3,152 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Weldon Spring.

2,235live here, work elsewhere

46live and work here

3,152work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Weldon Spring goes to work

O'Fallon6.1 mi away

8%191

Chesterfield5.3 mi away

8%179

St. Louis22.6 mi away

8%172

St. Peters5.6 mi away

7%164

Maryland Heights9.8 mi away

6%140

St. Charles9.5 mi away

6%131

Berkeley17.2 mi away

4%100

Creve Coeur11.8 mi away

4%97

Clayton18 mi away

3%75

Town and Country10.9 mi away

2%56

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%976

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

How far

How far Weldon Spring commutes

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

40%

49%

40%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Weldon Spring is balanced between jobs and homes

1.40jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.40 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Weldon Spring are

3,198 jobs are based in Weldon Spring. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Weldon Spring’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Weldon Spring

3,198 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Weldon Spring residents hold

2,281 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−15%

Jobs based in Weldon Spring, 2013 → 2023: 3,741 → 3,198. 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.