Photo: Brendanmo11 · Public domainHouseholds in Wentzville have higher incomes than those in 85% of U.S. towns
About one in seven work in Wentzville itself; outside it, O'Fallon draws the most (10%, 8 miles). 5.4% of residents are in poverty, where Missouri as a whole has 12.6%. For jobs and income Wentzville is better than 89% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (C+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Wentzville: the figures worth knowing
Jobs & income in Wentzville: the grade in detail
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Wentzville’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wentzville could be anywhere from A− to A.
Goods, not services: 30% of the jobs in Wentzville
18,629 jobs are based in Wentzville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wentzville, 2013 → 2023: 9,744 → 18,629. 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 Wentzville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Wentzville, and who commutes in
On a workday 19,630 residents head out to work, 2,930 work right here, and 15,699 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 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.
Where the trip to work from Wentzville ends
Where Wentzville clocks in
10% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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 daily trip from Wentzville: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wentzville workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 19,521 commuters (the 18% 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 Wentzville’s workers travel
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.
Wentzville is a driving town
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% of 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 23,760 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). 4.0% of Wentzville households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wentzville’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Wentzville is 157th of 887 U.S. towns of 35,000 to 67,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 7% | A+ |
| 3 | Oakton VA | 36,528 | $161K | 4.6% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
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| 35 | Chesterfield MO | 49,309 | $133K | 3.9% | 3.2% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 128 | St. Peters MO | 61,479 | $92K | 5.6% | 2.3% | 10% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 155 | White River Township IN | 56,493 | $105K | 5.9% | 3.0% | 10% | A |
| 156 | Cerritos CA | 46,367 | $135K | 5.3% | 5.1% | 8% | A |
| 157 | Wentzville MO | 49,495 | $112K | 5.4% | 2.7% | 13% | A |
| 158 | Brookline MA | 63,414 | $142K | 8.7% | 3.6% | 7% | A |
| 159 | Upper Merion Township PA | 36,674 | $122K | 4.5% | 4.9% | 16% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 231 | Oakville MO | 35,333 | $106K | 6.4% | 4.0% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 887 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Wentzville, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
13% of Wentzville works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wentzville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wentzville | – | A | C+ | 28 min | $112,394 |
| Flint Hill | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Lake St. Louis | 3% | A | B− | 26 min | $125,693 |
| Foristell | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| O'Fallon | 10% | A | B− | 26 min | $110,443 |
Same-state neighbors only. Flint Hill: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Foristell: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to O'Fallon. Darker towns draw more of Wentzville’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 Wentzville: questions
What is the median household income in Wentzville?
$112,394 (±$6,343) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wentzville?
5.4%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wentzville?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wentzville work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are O'Fallon (10%, 8 mi), St. Louis (6%, 36 mi), St. Peters (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wentzville walkable?
Wentzville is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wentzville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wentzville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wentzville
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.