Photo: Paul Sableman · CC BY 2.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Uplands Park works elsewhere
Employers in Uplands Park report 53 jobs for 118 working residents. Hardly any stay in Uplands Park for work; outside it, St. Louis is the main destination (25%, 4 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 36 minutes, where Missouri has 24 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Uplands Park
On a workday 118 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere.
About 240 people are in Uplands Park on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
The places Uplands Park commutes to
Where Uplands Park clocks in
25% 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.
Most jobs in Uplands Park are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Uplands Park, 2013 → 2023: 98 → 53. 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 Uplands Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 36 minutes to work from Uplands Park
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Uplands Park workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 109 commuters (the 16% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Uplands Park
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 to Uplands Park
The biggest share goes to Velda Village Hills (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Uplands Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uplands Park | – | — | — | 36 min | $50,250 |
| Pine Lawn | under 3% | C− | A+ | 25 min | $24,837 |
| Velda Village Hills | 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Velda Village Hills: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Uplands Park’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 Uplands Park: questions
What is the median household income in Uplands Park?
$50,250 (±$20,959) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Uplands Park?
13.7%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Uplands Park?
36 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Uplands Park work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Louis (25%, 4 mi), Maryland Heights (7%, 10 mi), Creve Coeur (3%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Uplands Park without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Uplands Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Uplands Park
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.