With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Briarwood Estates works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Briarwood Estates; the top destination outside it is De Soto (10%, 2 miles). Employers in Briarwood Estates report 12 jobs for 150 working residents. The trip to work takes 40 minutes on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Briarwood Estates: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 150 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in Briarwood Estates on a workday afternoon, 45% 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.
The places Briarwood Estates commutes to
Where Briarwood Estates clocks in
10% of workers
9% of workers
5% 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.
Making and building: 42% of jobs based in Briarwood Estates
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Briarwood Estates, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 12. 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 Briarwood Estates’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 40 minutes each way for Briarwood Estates’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Briarwood Estates workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 105 commuters (the 16% 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.
How far it is to work from Briarwood Estates
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 Briarwood Estates: questions
What is the median household income in Briarwood Estates?
$119,833 (±$10,891) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Briarwood Estates?
4.2%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Briarwood Estates?
40 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Briarwood Estates work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are De Soto (10%, 2 mi), St. Louis (9%, 38 mi), Festus (5%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Briarwood Estates without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Briarwood Estates, from the people who make the trip.
More of Briarwood Estates
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.