Photo: Paul Sableman · CC BY 2.0Pasadena Hills has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working residents average 19 minutes each way, next to 24 for Missouri and 26 for the U.S. Employers in Pasadena Hills report 56 jobs, against 392 working residents. Hardly any work in Pasadena Hills itself; outside it, St. Louis draws the most (21%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Pasadena Hills, in brief
Most Pasadena Hills residents work close to home
73% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about three in four. Only 7% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Pasadena Hills is a place people come home to
There are 56 jobs based in Pasadena Hills, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pasadena Hills has about 550 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Pasadena Hills and St. Louis trade workers both ways
St. Louis is the top workplace for Pasadena Hills residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Pasadena Hills come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 392 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Pasadena Hills
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.
Pasadena Hills by day and by night
On a workday 392 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere.
About 550 people are in Pasadena Hills on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
Where the trip to work from Pasadena Hills ends
Where Pasadena Hills clocks in
21% of workers
3% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Pasadena Hills
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pasadena Hills, 2013 → 2023: 42 → 56. 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 Pasadena Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Pasadena Hills spends getting to work: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pasadena Hills workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 499 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.
How Pasadena Hills compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pasadena Hills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pasadena Hills | – | — | — | 19 min | $70,341 |
| Pasadena Park | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Normandy | under 3% | C | A+ | 19 min | $29,379 |
| Northwoods | under 3% | B− | A | 33 min | $45,330 |
Same-state neighbors only. Pasadena Park: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pasadena Hills’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 Pasadena Hills: questions
What is the median household income in Pasadena Hills?
$70,341 (±$12,574) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pasadena Hills?
4.2%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pasadena Hills?
19 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pasadena Hills work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Louis (21%, 6 mi), Maryland Heights (5%, 10 mi), Creve Coeur (3%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pasadena Hills 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 Pasadena Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pasadena Hills
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.