Sycamore Hills has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Hardly any stay in Sycamore Hills for work; outside it, St. Louis is the main destination (16%, 7 miles). Employers in Sycamore Hills report 78 jobs for 276 working residents. 25% of workers work from home, next to 13% for Missouri as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Sycamore Hills at work: what stands out
Most Sycamore Hills residents work close to home
70% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 8% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Sycamore Hills and St. Louis trade workers both ways
St. Louis is the top workplace for Sycamore Hills residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Sycamore Hills come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Sycamore Hills is a place people come home to
There are 78 jobs based in Sycamore Hills, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Sycamore Hills has about 350 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 276 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where in the region Sycamore Hills works
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.
Where people from Sycamore Hills work
Where Sycamore Hills clocks in
16% of workers
5% 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 a workday changes Sycamore Hills
On a workday 275 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 77 people come in from elsewhere.
About 350 people are in Sycamore Hills on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Sycamore Hills is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sycamore Hills, 2013 → 2023: 69 → 78. 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 Sycamore Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 23 minutes each way for Sycamore Hills’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sycamore Hills workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 311 commuters (the 25% 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 towns around Sycamore Hills
The biggest share goes to Overland (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sycamore Hills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sycamore Hills | – | — | — | 23 min | $85,962 |
| Overland | 3% | B− | B+ | 20 min | $61,773 |
| Charlack | under 3% | C+ | A− | 23 min | $54,792 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sycamore 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 Sycamore Hills: questions
What is the median household income in Sycamore Hills?
$85,962 (±$30,601) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sycamore Hills?
14.1%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sycamore Hills?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sycamore Hills work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Louis (16%, 7 mi), Maryland Heights (7%, 7 mi), Creve Coeur (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sycamore Hills without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sycamore Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sycamore 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.