Most of Wilbur Park commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
The average commute takes 26 minutes each way (Missouri 24, U.S. 26). There are 1 jobs in Wilbur Park, against 209 working residents. Hardly any work in Wilbur Park itself; outside it, St. Louis draws the most (25%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Wilbur Park at work: what stands out
Wilbur Park is a place people come home to
There are 1 jobs based in Wilbur Park, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Wilbur Park has about 220 people in it, 49% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Wilbur Park residents work close to home
61% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 6% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Wilbur Park’s working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 26 minutes, longer than the Missouri average of 24. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 209 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who leaves Wilbur Park for work, and who comes in
On a workday 209 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 220 people are in Wilbur Park on a workday afternoon, 49% 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.
Miles to work from Wilbur 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.
The daily trip from Wilbur Park: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wilbur Park workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 259 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.
Where Wilbur Park’s working residents head each day
Where Wilbur Park clocks in
25% of workers
5% 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
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 Wilbur Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Wilbur Park: questions
What is the median household income in Wilbur Park?
$91,667 (±$13,820) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wilbur Park?
11.2%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wilbur Park?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wilbur Park work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Louis (25%, 7 mi), Maryland Heights (6%, 14 mi), Creve Coeur (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wilbur Park without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wilbur Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wilbur 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.