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Jobs & commute in Pasadena Park

Most of Pasadena Park commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident

At 24 minutes each way, commutes from Pasadena Park run about the Missouri average. Pasadena Park has 13 jobs, against 176 working residents. Hardly any work in Pasadena Park itself; outside it, St. Louis draws the most (26%, 6 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Pasadena Park by day and by night

On a workday 176 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.

176live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
13work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night430
Workday260
430live here− 180head out to work+ 13come in to work= 260on a workday

About 260 people are in Pasadena Park on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.07jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Where Pasadena Park’s working residents head each day

Cahokia HeightsBellevillePasadena ParkPasadena HillsBellerive Acres: 4 residents work here (2%)McKittrickMoline AcresNormandy: 5 residents work here (3%)Clayton: 5 residents work here (3%)BerkeleyWebster GrovesLake St. LouisCreve Coeur: 9 residents work here (5%)Florissant: 5 residents work here (3%)Bridgeton: 9 residents work here (5%)St. Charles: 6 residents work here (3%)Maryland Heights: 5 residents work here (3%)O'FallonChesterfield: 7 residents work here (4%)St. Louis: 46 residents work here (26%)St. LouisCreve CoeurBridgetonChesterfieldSt. CharlesNormandyPasadena Park
1
St. Louis5.9 mi away
26%46
2
Creve Coeur8.6 mi away
5%9
3
Bridgeton7.8 mi away
5%9
4
Chesterfield15.6 mi away
4%7
5
St. Charles13.1 mi away
3%6
6
Normandy0.3 mi away
3%5
7
Clayton4.9 mi away
3%5
8
Florissant6.3 mi away
3%5
9
Maryland Heights9.4 mi away
3%5
10
Bellerive Acres0.8 mi away
2%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%75
The top trips

Where Pasadena Park clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Making and building: 31% of jobs based in Pasadena Park

Jobs based in Pasadena ParkJobs Pasadena Park residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms31%7%
Trade, transport & utilities0%20%
Services: health, schools, offices69%72%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less69%16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%38%
Over $3,333 a month8%46%

Who does it

29 or younger38%28%
30 to 5438%44%
55 and older23%28%
−46%

Jobs based in Pasadena Park, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 13. 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 Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

The daily trip from Pasadena Park: about 24 minutes

A year of commuting
182 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Pasadena Park24 min
Missouri24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
9%

of Pasadena Park workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Pasadena Park gets to work
98%Drive alone
2%Transit
1%Walk

Share of the 397 commuters (the 9% 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

Pasadena Park’s commute, mile by mile

10 mi25 mi30 miSt. Louis: 26% · 5.9 miCreve Coeur: 5% · 8.6 miBridgeton: 5% · 7.8 miChesterfield: 4% · 15.6 miSt. Charles: 3% · 13.1 miNormandy: 3% · 0.3 miClayton: 3% · 4.9 miFlorissant: 3% · 6.3 miMaryland Heights: 3% · 9.4 miBellerive Acres: 2% · 0.8 miSt. Louis 26%Creve Coeur 5%Bridgeton 5%St. Charles 3%Pasadena Park
Pasadena ParkTop destinations (size = commuters)
73%Under 10 mi128 residents
20%10–24 mi35 residents
1%25–50 mi2 residents
6%Over 50 mi10 residents

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.

Next door

The towns around Pasadena Park

The biggest share goes to Normandy (3%).

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Pasadena Hills19 min
Normandy19 min
Pasadena Park24 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownPasadena Park workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Pasadena Park–——24 min$91,964
Pasadena Hillsunder 3%——19 min—
Normandy3%CA+19 min$29,379

Same-state neighbors only. Pasadena Hills: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Pasadena Park’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Pasadena Park: questions

What is the median household income in Pasadena Park?

$91,964 (±$21,055) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Pasadena Park?

13.5%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Pasadena Park?

24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Pasadena Park work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Louis (26%, 6 mi), Creve Coeur (5%, 9 mi), Bridgeton (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Pasadena Park without a car?

2% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Pasadena Park, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Pasadena Park

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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.