Photo: Classiv · CC BY-SA 4.0O'Fallon’s household incomes are higher than in 84% of U.S. towns
5.4% of residents are in poverty (Missouri 12.6%). Jobs and income earn O'Fallon A; getting around on foot earns it B−. About one in seven stay in O'Fallon for work; outside it, St. Peters is the main destination (7%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in O'Fallon
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, O'Fallon is better than 92% of U.S. towns, #26 of 247 in Missouri. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides O'Fallon’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, O'Fallon could be anywhere from A− to A+.
How many people are in O'Fallon by day
On a workday 38,852 residents head out to work, 6,776 work right here, and 31,654 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 (0.84 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.
Where the trip to work from O'Fallon ends
Where O'Fallon clocks in
7% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
What O'Fallon’s employers do
38,430 jobs are based in O'Fallon.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in O'Fallon, 2013 → 2023: 31,386 → 38,430. 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 O'Fallon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From O'Fallon, about 26 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of O'Fallon workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 42,679 commuters (the 18% 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.
How far it is to work from O'Fallon
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.
Most of O'Fallon commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, O'Fallon is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns, #165 of 247 in Missouri. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.1% 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 52,138 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.7% of O'Fallon households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of O'Fallon’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, O'Fallon is 32nd of 461 U.S. towns of 67,000 to 130,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plymouth MN | 78,942 | $137K | 4.3% | 2.3% | 12% | A+ |
| 3 | Bethesda MD | 69,397 | $192K | 4.3% | 3.1% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Livermore CA | 83,457 | $161K | 4.9% | 3.6% | 23% | A |
| 31 | Allen TX | 113,447 | $131K | 6.1% | 3.7% | 11% | A |
| 32 | O'Fallon MO | 96,101 | $110K | 5.4% | 2.7% | 15% | A |
| 33 | Sugar Land TX | 107,726 | $136K | 5.5% | 4.1% | 15% | A |
| 34 | Northfield Township IL | 89,835 | $137K | 7.1% | 3.5% | 16% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 86 | Lee's Summit MO | 107,514 | $103K | 5.7% | 3.8% | 20% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 98 | St. Charles MO | 72,561 | $86K | 7.3% | 2.9% | 13% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 363 | Independence MO | 121,675 | $60K | 15.8% | 5.6% | 16% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 461 | Flint MI | 79,306 | $38K | 34.1% | 14.8% | 20% | 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 O'Fallon, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
11% of O'Fallon works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | O'Fallon workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'Fallon | – | A | B− | 26 min | $110,443 |
| Dardenne Prairie | under 3% | A+ | B− | 24 min | $152,500 |
| Lake St. Louis | under 3% | A | B− | 26 min | $125,693 |
| St. Paul | under 3% | A+ | C− | 24 min | $159,022 |
| St. Peters | 7% | A | B− | 23 min | $91,637 |
| Cottleville | under 3% | A+ | B | 23 min | $131,310 |
| Weldon Spring | under 3% | A | C | 22 min | $158,548 |
| Josephville | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Wentzville | 4% | A | C+ | 28 min | $112,394 |
Same-state neighbors only. Josephville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to St. Peters. Darker towns draw more of O'Fallon’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 O'Fallon: questions
What is the median household income in O'Fallon?
$110,443 (±$5,849) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in O'Fallon?
5.4%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from O'Fallon?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in O'Fallon work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Peters (7%, 6 mi), St. Louis (6%, 28 mi), Chesterfield (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is O'Fallon walkable?
O'Fallon is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around O'Fallon without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from O'Fallon, from the people who make the trip.
More of O'Fallon
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.