Work & commute · Wentzville

Work & commute in Wentzville, MO

Most working residents leave Wentzville for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are O'Fallon (10%), St. Louis (6%) and St. Peters (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

2,930 of 22,560 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 19,630 Wentzville residents head out of town to work, 2,930 work right here, and 15,699 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wentzville.

19,630live here, work elsewhere

2,930live and work here

15,699work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wentzville goes to work

Wentzville (in town)right here

13%2,930

O'Fallon8.2 mi away

10%2,286

St. Louis35.8 mi away

6%1,399

St. Peters14.3 mi away

6%1,288

Chesterfield18.9 mi away

5%1,159

St. Charles19 mi away

5%1,115

Maryland Heights22.4 mi away

5%1,017

Creve Coeur25.2 mi away

3%752

Lake St. Louis5.1 mi away

3%642

Berkeley29 mi away

3%577

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%9,395

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

How far

How far Wentzville commutes

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

26%

37%

31%

26%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wentzville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wentzville are

18,629 jobs are based in Wentzville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wentzville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wentzville

18,629 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Wentzville residents hold

22,560 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+91%

Jobs based in Wentzville, 2013 → 2023: 9,744 → 18,629. 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.