Photo: Guerreroast · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer people are out of work in Crestwood (1.6%) than in 89% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are higher than in 82% of U.S. towns. Crestwood grades A+ for jobs and income and B for walkability. Only 2% work in Crestwood; the top destination outside it is St. Louis (23%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Crestwood: the figures worth knowing
Most Crestwood residents work close to home
65% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. Only 6% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Crestwood and St. Louis trade workers both ways
St. Louis is the top workplace for Crestwood residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Crestwood come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A lot of Crestwood works from home
21% of Crestwood workers work from home, against 13% across Missouri. 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.
The figures behind Crestwood’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Crestwood is better than 96% of U.S. towns, #12 of 247 in Missouri. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 94% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (5.5%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Crestwood could be anywhere from A to A+.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Crestwood
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.
Where Crestwood’s working residents head each day
Where Crestwood clocks in
23% of workers
5% 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.
About 20 minutes to work from Crestwood
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crestwood workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,080 commuters (the 20% 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.
Who works in Crestwood, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 5,618 residents head out to work, 122 work right here, and 4,590 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Jobs in Crestwood: what the 4,712 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crestwood, 2013 → 2023: 4,048 → 4,712. 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 Crestwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Crestwood is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Crestwood is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns, #122 of 247 in Missouri. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.2% across Missouri.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,389 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 66% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 68% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.1% of Crestwood households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Crestwood’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Crestwood is 123rd among 2,151 U.S. towns of 9,000 to 16,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Town and Country MO | 11,619 | $233K | 1.7% | 2.5% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Dardenne Prairie MO | 15,032 | $153K | 1.3% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 121 | Edgewood WA | 13,548 | $116K | 4.6% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| 122 | Collier Township PA | 9,103 | $102K | 3.1% | 2.1% | 7% | A+ |
| 123 | Crestwood MO | 12,207 | $107K | 5.5% | 1.6% | 2% | A+ |
| 124 | Miller Township IN | 10,161 | $113K | 3.0% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 125 | Wyndham VA | 12,099 | $235K | 1.2% | 3.3% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,151 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Crestwood, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Work in the towns next to Crestwood
The biggest share goes to Sunset Hills (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Crestwood workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crestwood | – | A+ | B | 20 min | $107,169 |
| Grantwood Village | under 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Sunset Hills | 3% | A | B+ | 21 min | $138,144 |
| Webster Groves | 2% | A | A | 19 min | $115,227 |
| Oakland | under 3% | A+ | B+ | 20 min | $114,861 |
| Affton | under 3% | A | B+ | 24 min | $79,539 |
| Kirkwood | 3% | A | A− | 20 min | $121,270 |
Same-state neighbors only. Grantwood Village: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Crestwood’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 Crestwood: questions
What is the median household income in Crestwood?
$107,169 (±$19,812) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crestwood?
5.5%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crestwood?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crestwood work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Louis (23%, 9 mi), Clayton (5%, 7 mi), Creve Coeur (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Crestwood walkable?
Crestwood is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 11.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Crestwood without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Crestwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crestwood
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.