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Jobs & commute in Three Creeks

Making a living in Three Creeks

Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Missouri as a whole has 13%. Hardly any stay in Three Creeks for work; outside it, Washington is the main destination (33%, 2 miles). Three Creeks has 6 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.

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

Day and night

Three Creeks by day and by night

On a workday 6 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

6live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night6
Workday0
6live here− 6head out to work+ 0come in to work= 0on a workday

About 0 people are in Three Creeks on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

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

The places Three Creeks commutes to

Three CreeksSunset Hills: 1 residents work here (17%)Washington: 2 residents work here (33%)Fulton: 1 residents work here (17%)O'Fallon: 1 residents work here (17%)WashingtonSunset HillsFultonO'FallonThree Creeks
1
Washington2.2 mi away
33%2
2
Sunset Hills31.1 mi away
17%1
3
Fulton55.8 mi away
17%1
4
O'Fallon20.2 mi away
17%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
17%1
The top trips

Where Three Creeks 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Three Creeks

Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Three Creeks gets to work
100%Walk

Share of the 1 commuters (the 0% 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

How far it is to work from Three Creeks

10 mi25 mi50 mi65 miWashington: 33% · 2.2 miSunset Hills: 17% · 31.1 miFulton: 17% · 55.8 miO'Fallon: 17% · 20.2 miWashington 33%Fulton 17%O'Fallon 17%Three Creeks
Three CreeksTop destinations (size = commuters)
33%Under 10 mi2 residents
33%10–24 mi2 residents
17%25–50 mi1 residents
17%Over 50 mi1 residents

About 17% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

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.

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 Three Creeks: questions

What is the poverty rate in Three Creeks?

0.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Three Creeks work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (33%, 2 mi), Sunset Hills (17%, 31 mi), Fulton (17%, 56 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Three Creeks without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Three Creeks, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Three Creeks

Three Creeks home →

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.