Photo: Guerreroast · CC BY-SA 4.0There are 3.8 jobs in Champ for every working resident, and 23 people commute in
Working residents average 8 minutes each way, next to 24 for Missouri and 26 for the U.S. Employers in Champ report 23 jobs for 6 working residents. 0% of workers work from home, where Missouri as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Champ on a workday afternoon
On a workday 6 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 26 people are in Champ on a workday afternoon, 189% more than live here.
3.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Who travels to work in Champ, and from where
Where Champ clocks in
17% of workers
17% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Champ
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Champ, 2013 → 2023: 53 → 23. 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 Champ’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Champ’s commute takes about 8 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 2.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Champ workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4 commuters (the 0% 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 in the region Champ works
About 17% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
The towns next door employ 17% of Champ
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Champ workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champ | – | — | — | 8 min | — |
| Maryland Heights | under 17% | A | A− | 21 min | $86,436 |
| Bridgeton | 17% | B+ | B+ | 21 min | $72,005 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Bridgeton. Darker towns draw more of Champ’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Champ: questions
What is the poverty rate in Champ?
0.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Champ?
8 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Champ work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brentwood (17%, 10 mi), Clayton (17%, 10 mi), Bridgeton (17%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Champ 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 Champ, from the people who make the trip.
More of Champ
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.