Mount Pleasant School · Photo: Parker Botanical · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Bella Villa commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
A typical one-way commute lasts 26 minutes, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. There are 57 jobs in Bella Villa, and 387 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Bella Villa; the top destination outside it is St. Louis (23%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Bella Villa
Bella Villa is a place people come home to
There are 57 jobs based in Bella Villa, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bella Villa has about 390 people in it, 46% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Bella Villa’s working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 26 minutes, longer than the Missouri average of 24. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 387 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily commute in and out of Bella Villa
On a workday 387 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere.
About 390 people are in Bella Villa on a workday afternoon, 46% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting from Bella Villa: about 26 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bella Villa workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 332 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where Bella Villa’s working residents head each day
Where Bella Villa clocks in
23% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Goods, not services: 70% of the jobs in Bella Villa
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bella Villa, 2013 → 2023: 70 → 57. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bella Villa’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Bella Villa’s commute, mile by mile
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Bella Villa: questions
What is the median household income in Bella Villa?
$59,583 (±$9,577) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bella Villa?
9.4%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bella Villa?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bella Villa work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Louis (23%, 7 mi), Maryland Heights (4%, 16 mi), Mehlville (4%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bella Villa without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bella Villa, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bella Villa
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.