With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Lake St. Clair works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Lake St. Clair; the top destination outside it is St. Clair (14%, 2 miles). Lake St. Clair has 10 jobs, and 441 of its residents work somewhere. For 0% of workers, the job is at home (Missouri 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Lake St. Clair apart
Lake St. Clair is a place people come home to
There are 10 jobs based in Lake St. Clair, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lake St. Clair has about 440 people in it, 49% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Lake St. Clair workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 24 across Missouri. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 107 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Lake St. Clair workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 13% across Missouri. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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; with 441 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The workday shuffle in and out of Lake St. Clair
On a workday 440 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 440 people are in Lake St. Clair on a workday afternoon, 49% 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.
How long Lake St. Clair spends getting to work: about 38 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lake St. Clair workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 363 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.
The places Lake St. Clair commutes to
Where Lake St. Clair clocks in
14% of workers
6% 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.
Jobs in Lake St. Clair: what the 10 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake St. Clair, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 10. 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 Lake St. Clair’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Lake St. Clair commutes less than 32 miles
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 Lake St. Clair: questions
What is the median household income in Lake St. Clair?
$81,397 (±$5,102) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lake St. Clair?
0.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lake St. Clair?
38 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lake St. Clair work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Clair (14%, 2 mi), Union (6%, 8 mi), St. Louis (5%, 46 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lake St. Clair 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 Lake St. Clair, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake St. Clair
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.