Weldon Spring Heights has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The trip to work takes 26 minutes on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 1 jobs are based in Weldon Spring Heights for 54 working residents. Hardly any work in Weldon Spring Heights; the top destination outside it is St. Charles (13%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Weldon Spring Heights on a workday afternoon
On a workday 54 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 38 people are in Weldon Spring Heights on a workday afternoon, 58% 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.
Where the trip to work from Weldon Spring Heights ends
Where Weldon Spring Heights clocks in
9% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Weldon Spring Heights, 2013 → 2023: 105 → 1. 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 Weldon Spring Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Weldon Spring Heights spends getting to work: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Weldon Spring Heights workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 41 commuters (the 15% 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 Weldon Spring Heights’ workers travel
About 15% 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.
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 Weldon Spring Heights: questions
What is the median household income in Weldon Spring Heights?
$143,750 (±$80,405) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Weldon Spring Heights?
1.7%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Weldon Spring Heights?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Weldon Spring Heights work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Charles (13%, 11 mi), O'Fallon (9%, 6 mi), Hazelwood (7%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Weldon Spring Heights 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 Weldon Spring Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Weldon Spring Heights
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.