Work & commute · Wellston

Work & commute in Wellston, MO

Most working residents leave Wellston for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (27%), Maryland Heights (6%) and Bridgeton (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 539 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 521 Wellston residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 791 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wellston.

521live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

791work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wellston goes to work

St. Louis3.8 mi away

27%147

Maryland Heights10 mi away

6%31

Bridgeton9.5 mi away

4%19

Wellston (in town)right here

3%18

Brentwood4.8 mi away

3%18

University City2.1 mi away

3%16

Berkeley5.4 mi away

3%15

Creve Coeur8.1 mi away

2%12

Clayton2.9 mi away

2%11

Chesterfield15.4 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%241

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

How far

How far Wellston commutes

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

74%

17%

74%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wellston is a job hub

1.50jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Wellston are

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

Jobs based in Wellston

809 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Wellston residents hold

539 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month37%

−28%

Jobs based in Wellston, 2013 → 2023: 1,117 → 809. 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.