Photo: TCP04 · CC BY 4.0There are 2.1 jobs in New Melle for every working resident, and 547 people commute in
The average commute takes 30 minutes each way, next to 24 for Missouri and 26 for the U.S. Employers in New Melle report 554 jobs for 260 working residents. Only 3% work in New Melle; the top destination outside it is O'Fallon (12%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in New Melle: the figures worth knowing
New Melle is where the jobs are
New Melle has 554 jobs, 2.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 840 people are in town, 53% more than the 550 who live here. Day and night ↓
New Melle makes and builds things
59% of the jobs based in New Melle are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs New Melle residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 23%. The jobs ↓
New Melle workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 24 across Missouri. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 260 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of New Melle on a workday
On a workday 253 residents head out to work and 7 work right here.
About 840 people are in New Melle on a workday afternoon, 53% more than live here.
2.1 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.
In New Melle, 59% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Melle, 2013 → 2023: 160 → 554. 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 New Melle’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from New Melle: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Melle workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 169 commuters (the 14% 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 daily trip into New Melle
Where New Melle clocks in
12% of workers
8% 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.
How many miles New Melle commutes
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 New Melle: questions
What is the median household income in New Melle?
$114,375 (±$35,122) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Melle?
4.4%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Melle?
30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Melle work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are O'Fallon (12%, 10 mi), Wentzville (8%, 7 mi), St. Charles (5%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around New Melle without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Melle, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Melle
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.