Work & commute · Wright

Work & commute in Wright, MO

Most working residents leave Wright for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Wentzville (10%), O'Fallon (9%) and St. Louis (6%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

102 of 2,629 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,527 Wright residents head out of town to work, 102 work right here, and 1,083 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wright.

2,527live here, work elsewhere

102live and work here

1,083work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wright goes to work

Wentzville9.2 mi away

10%252

O'Fallon17.3 mi away

9%248

St. Louis44.8 mi away

6%154

St. Peters23.5 mi away

6%150

St. Charles28.1 mi away

4%112

Wright City (in town)right here

4%102

Chesterfield27.4 mi away

4%102

Warrenton5.6 mi away

3%81

Maryland Heights31.4 mi away

3%79

Lake St. Louis14 mi away

3%71

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,278

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

How far

How far Wright commutes

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

17%

30%

45%

17%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

45%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wright is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wright are

1,185 jobs are based in Wright. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wright’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wright

1,185 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Wright residents hold

2,629 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+39%

Jobs based in Wright, 2013 → 2023: 850 → 1,185. 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.