Work & commute · Wildwood

Work & commute in Wildwood, MO

Most working residents leave Wildwood for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (12%), Chesterfield (12%) and Creve Coeur (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

712 of 16,054 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 15,342 Wildwood residents head out of town to work, 712 work right here, and 4,309 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wildwood.

15,342live here, work elsewhere

712live and work here

4,309work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wildwood goes to work

St. Louis23.2 mi away

12%1,922

Chesterfield7.4 mi away

12%1,910

Creve Coeur13.5 mi away

6%913

Maryland Heights14.3 mi away

5%847

Wildwood (in town)right here

4%712

Clayton18.8 mi away

4%654

Town and Country11.1 mi away

3%540

O'Fallon14.3 mi away

3%497

Ellisville4.4 mi away

3%404

Ballwin6.5 mi away

2%346

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%7,309

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

How far

How far Wildwood commutes

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

32%

59%

32%Under 10 mi

59%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wildwood is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.31 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Wildwood are

5,021 jobs are based in Wildwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wildwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wildwood

5,021 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Wildwood residents hold

16,054 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month73%

−23%

Jobs based in Wildwood, 2013 → 2023: 6,487 → 5,021. 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.