Curtiss-Wright Aeroplane Factory · Photo: LittleT889 · CC BY-SA 4.0Unemployment in Hazelwood (10.4%) is higher than in 95% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Hazelwood is behind 80% of U.S. towns. For jobs and income Hazelwood is better than 30% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns (A−). Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 2.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 10.8 in St. Louis.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Hazelwood stands out on work
Hazelwood is where the jobs are
Hazelwood has 16,975 jobs, 1.5 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Hazelwood draws workers from far and wide
The 16,975 jobs in Hazelwood are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 31%; the other 65% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
43% of the jobs in Hazelwood are in trade, transport and utilities, against 23% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Hazelwood
Job access by car holds Hazelwood’s grade up (ahead of 94% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hazelwood could be anywhere from C− to C+.
Who commutes out of Hazelwood, and who commutes in
On a workday 10,431 residents head out to work, 616 work right here, and 16,359 people come in from elsewhere.
About 31,000 people are in Hazelwood on a workday afternoon, 24% more than live here.
1.5 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.
The towns that send workers to Hazelwood
Where Hazelwood clocks in
15% 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.
The 16,975 jobs based in Hazelwood
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hazelwood, 2013 → 2023: 15,973 → 16,975. 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 Hazelwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes each way for Hazelwood’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hazelwood workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10,608 commuters (the 13% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Hazelwood
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Hazelwood
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, above 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 12,263 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 54% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 5% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 69% 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). 7.3% of Hazelwood households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Hazelwood’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,413th of 1,688: where Hazelwood ranks among U.S. towns of 17,000 to 34,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
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| 125 | Creve Coeur MO | 18,480 | $127K | 6.1% | 2.6% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 145 | Ballwin MO | 30,901 | $125K | 4.8% | 2.9% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 157 | Kirkwood MO | 29,331 | $121K | 5.3% | 3.1% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,411 | Alliance OH | 21,582 | $56K | 23.8% | 4.3% | 22% | C |
| 1,412 | Burton MI | 29,313 | $60K | 16.1% | 7.1% | 8% | C |
| 1,413 | Hazelwood MO | 24,849 | $56K | 15.9% | 10.4% | 6% | C |
| 1,414 | Forest Park GA | 19,168 | $41K | 20.3% | 5.7% | 6% | C |
| 1,415 | North Platte NE | 22,524 | $58K | 15.4% | 3.9% | 64% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 1,688 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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 Hazelwood, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Work next door: 11% of Hazelwood’s workers
The biggest share goes to Florissant (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hazelwood workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hazelwood | – | C | A− | 27 min | $55,908 |
| Florissant | 4% | B | A− | 26 min | $65,318 |
| Bridgeton | 4% | B+ | B+ | 21 min | $72,005 |
| Berkeley | 3% | C | A | 21 min | $44,265 |
| Calverton Park | under 4% | B− | B+ | 25 min | $68,021 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hazelwood’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 Hazelwood: questions
What is the median household income in Hazelwood?
$55,908 (±$4,554) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hazelwood?
15.9%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hazelwood?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hazelwood work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Louis (15%, 14 mi), Maryland Heights (7%, 7 mi), St. Charles (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hazelwood walkable?
Hazelwood is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 10.4 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hazelwood without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 5% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hazelwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hazelwood
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.