Photo: LittleT889 · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Weldon Spring earn more than those in 96% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Weldon Spring are A for jobs and income and C for walkability. 0.7% of residents are in poverty (Missouri 12.6%). 31% of workers work from home, where Missouri as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Weldon Spring stands out on work
Why Weldon Spring gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Weldon Spring is better than 94% of U.S. towns, #19 of 247 in Missouri. The poverty rate is its strongest input; unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Weldon Spring could be anywhere from A− to A+.
About 22 minutes each way, about the MO average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Weldon Spring workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,587 commuters (the 31% 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.
In and out of Weldon Spring on a workday
On a workday 2,235 residents head out to work, 46 work right here, and 3,152 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,200 people are in Weldon Spring on a workday afternoon, 17% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.40 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
8% of working residents work in O'Fallon
Where Weldon Spring clocks in
8% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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.
The 3,198 jobs based in Weldon Spring
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Weldon Spring, 2013 → 2023: 3,741 → 3,198. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Weldon Spring
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.
In Weldon Spring, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Weldon Spring is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns, #218 of 247 in Missouri. 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 2,305 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.0% of Weldon Spring households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Weldon Spring’s commuters take a bus or train.
Weldon Spring is 258th of 3,651 U.S. towns of 3,700 to 7,200 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | St. Paul MO | 3,849 | $159K | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 105 | Cottleville MO | 6,717 | $131K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 256 | Huxley IA | 4,715 | $112K | 4.5% | 1.3% | 8% | A |
| 257 | Carver MN | 7,198 | $148K | 2.5% | 3.7% | 3% | A |
| 258 | Weldon Spring MO | 5,301 | $159K | 0.7% | 4.2% | 2% | A |
| 259 | Heath Township MI | 4,017 | $105K | 1.3% | 0.9% | 4% | A |
| 260 | Hellam Township PA | 6,007 | $95K | 4.4% | 0.4% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,651 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Weldon Spring, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Weldon Spring and its neighbors: 23% work next door
The biggest share goes to O'Fallon (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Weldon Spring workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weldon Spring | – | A | C | 22 min | $158,548 |
| St. Peters | 7% | A | B− | 23 min | $91,637 |
| O'Fallon | 8% | A | B− | 26 min | $110,443 |
| Chesterfield | 8% | A+ | B | 22 min | $133,037 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Weldon Spring’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 Weldon Spring: questions
What is the median household income in Weldon Spring?
$158,548 (±$13,796) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Weldon Spring?
0.7%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Weldon Spring?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 31% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Weldon Spring work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are O'Fallon (8%, 6 mi), Chesterfield (8%, 5 mi), St. Louis (8%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Weldon Spring walkable?
Weldon Spring is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Weldon Spring without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Weldon Spring, from the people who make the trip.
More of Weldon Spring
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.