St. George has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working from home is the commute for 27% of workers (Missouri 13%). 45 jobs are based in St. George, and 784 of its residents work somewhere. St. George grades B+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from St. George, in brief
St. George is a place people come home to
There are 45 jobs based in St. George, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday St. George has about 720 people in it, 51% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in St. George
27% of St. George workers work from home, against 13% across Missouri. Time on the road ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of St. George’s working residents have a job less than 9 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 26 minutes, longer than the Missouri average of 24. 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 784 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How St. George earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, St. George is better than 74% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds St. George’s grade up (ahead of 94% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($68,091, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (1.4%) is left out: St. George’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, St. George could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
A workday in St. George: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 780 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere.
About 720 people are in St. George on a workday afternoon, 51% 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.
A commute of about 26 minutes in St. George
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. George workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 677 commuters (the 27% 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.
22% of working residents work in St. Louis
Where St. George clocks in
22% of workers
4% 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 St. George: what the 45 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. George, 2013 → 2023: 48 → 45. 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 St. George’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from St. George
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 St. George commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, St. George is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 928 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.7% of St. George households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of St. George’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, St. George is 945th among 6,308 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Warson Woods MO | 1,990 | $207K | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Loch Lloyd MO | 1,090 | $184K | 2.5% | 0.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Lake Winnebago MO | 1,869 | $179K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 943 | Laton CA | 1,453 | $78K | 4.5% | 3.8% | 3% | B+ |
| 944 | Juno Ridge FL | 1,072 | $133K | 16.0% | 0.0% | <1% | B+ |
| 945 | St. George MO | 1,458 | $68K | 7.5% | 1.4% | 1% | B+ |
| 946 | Waterman IL | 1,640 | $100K | 5.0% | 4.1% | 4% | B+ |
| 947 | Keene Township MI | 1,749 | $96K | 7.7% | 3.3% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 St. George, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Work in the towns next to St. George
The biggest share goes to Affton (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | St. George workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. George | – | B+ | C− | 26 min | $68,091 |
| Affton | 2% | A | B+ | 24 min | $79,539 |
| Lemay | under 2% | B | A− | 24 min | $60,399 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of St. George’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 St. George: questions
What is the median household income in St. George?
$68,091 (±$18,100) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. George?
7.5%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. George?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. George work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Louis (22%, 8 mi), Maryland Heights (6%, 15 mi), Clayton (4%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is St. George walkable?
St. George is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around St. George without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from St. George, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. George
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.