Photo: Tristan Arbet · CC BY 4.0Most of Crystal Lake Park commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Crystal Lake Park report 27 jobs for 184 working residents. Hardly any work in Crystal Lake Park; the top destination outside it is St. Louis (18%, 10 miles). Home is the office for 22% of workers (Missouri 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Crystal Lake Park on a workday afternoon
On a workday 184 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere.
About 340 people are in Crystal Lake Park on a workday afternoon, 31% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Crystal Lake Park’s working residents head each day
Where Crystal Lake Park clocks in
18% of workers
7% 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.
In Crystal Lake Park, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crystal Lake Park, 2014 → 2024: 47 → 27. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Crystal Lake Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes to work from Crystal Lake Park
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crystal Lake Park workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 183 commuters (the 22% 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.
The distance from Crystal Lake Park to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How Crystal Lake Park compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Town and Country (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Crystal Lake Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Lake Park | – | — | — | 22 min | $159,554 |
| Frontenac | under 3% | A+ | C+ | 25 min | $233,425 |
| Town and Country | 4% | A+ | B+ | 20 min | $232,534 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Crystal Lake Park’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 2024, 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 Crystal Lake Park: questions
What is the median household income in Crystal Lake Park?
$159,554 (±$16,256) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crystal Lake Park?
1.1%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crystal Lake Park?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crystal Lake Park work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Louis (18%, 10 mi), Chesterfield (7%, 8 mi), Des Peres (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Crystal Lake Park without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Crystal Lake Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crystal Lake Park
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.