Mehlville Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Mehlville, Missouri: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.

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Commute Time Burden in Mehlville: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Mehlville spend about 46 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 191 hours, about 8.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 9% more time on the road than the Missouri average of 21.0 minutes each way, a difference of 1.9 minutes.

Mehlville holds about 0.5% of Missouri's population and accounts for roughly 0.5% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Mehlville would save about 76 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,366 at the same national wage assumption used above.

Area	One-Way Commute	Daily Round-Trip	Yearly Time Spent	Estimated Yearly Cost	Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Mehlville	22.9 min	45.8 min	191 hrs/yr	$5,915	2,441
Missouri	21.0 min	41.9 min	175 hrs/yr	$5,415	923
United States	22.4 min	44.8 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,790	1,355

The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day on non-highway roads, come from proprietary Ticon and TrafficZoom data.

Mehlville Commute Map

On average, it takes 22.9 minutes to get to work in Mehlville. That's 2% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 11.0% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Mehlville

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Mehlville, versus 0.1% in Missouri.

Public transit is unusually rare in Mehlville: 5.7 times less than the Missouri average (0.1% vs 0.8%).

Taking a taxi is unusually common in Mehlville: 3.5 times more than the Missouri average (0.6% vs 0.2%).

Biking is unusually rare in Mehlville: 325.7 times less than the Missouri average (0.0% vs 0.2%).

Commute Mode Trends in Mehlville, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Mehlville get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.

Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Taxi	Other	Public Transportation	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	96.0%	1.7%	1.0%	0.0%	0.3%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	95.6%	2.0%	1.0%	0.0%	0.2%	1.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2011	95.1%	1.7%	1.4%	0.0%	0.2%	1.3%	0.3%	0.1%
2012	94.0%	2.7%	1.3%	0.0%	0.2%	1.5%	0.2%	0.1%
2013	94.1%	2.9%	1.0%	0.0%	0.1%	1.5%	0.3%	0.1%
2014	94.0%	2.8%	0.7%	0.4%	0.1%	1.6%	0.2%	0.1%
2015	92.3%	3.7%	1.3%	0.8%	0.3%	1.5%	0.1%	0.1%
2016	91.5%	4.6%	1.4%	0.8%	0.4%	1.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2017	92.9%	3.5%	1.3%	0.8%	0.4%	1.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2018	92.5%	3.3%	1.5%	1.0%	0.5%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	91.3%	4.1%	1.6%	0.4%	1.0%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	93.3%	3.8%	1.1%	0.1%	1.0%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	93.0%	5.2%	0.4%	0.1%	0.7%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	91.0%	6.9%	0.7%	0.1%	0.6%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	88.8%	9.0%	0.8%	0.2%	1.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	86.7%	11.0%	1.0%	0.6%	0.6%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 96.0% in 2009 to 86.7% in 2024, down 9.3 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Mehlville: its share of workers rose from 1.7% in 2009 to 11.0% in 2024, up 9.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 6.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 0.8% to 0.1% of workers (down 0.7 percentage points).

Taking a taxi overtook public transit to become the 4th most common choice in the 2024 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Mehlville

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Mehlville?

The bars show when commuters in Mehlville leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show Missouri for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM		3.2%
5:00-5:29 AM		2.5%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.1%
6:00-6:29 AM		9.7%
6:30-6:59 AM		11.6%
7:00-7:29 AM		15.7%
7:30-7:59 AM		11.0%
8:00-8:29 AM		8.2%
8:30-8:59 AM		7.0%
9:00-9:59 AM		6.2%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.6%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.2%
12:00-3:59 PM		7.3%
4:00-11:59 PM		8.5%

Mehlville Missouri Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Mehlville is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.0% across Missouri. Early starts are less common than in Missouri: 10.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.5% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Missouri: 46.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.1% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (25.8%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.

When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.

See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Mehlville, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.

Is Mehlville Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024

Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Mehlville next to Missouri and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.

Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Mehlville	Missouri	United States
2009	7:36 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:32 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:30 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:34 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:28 AM	7:33 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:24 AM	7:33 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:23 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:23 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:19 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:22 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:23 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:27 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:29 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:37 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:41 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:36 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Mehlville were on the road by 7:36 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across Missouri, the typical start barely moved either. Commuters in Mehlville now leave 2 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Mehlville has moved 13 minutes later.

How does Mehlville's commute time compare?

Metric	Mehlville	Missouri	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	22.9 min	21.0 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	06:30 AM – 06:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	11.0%	13.0%	15.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.8%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.1%	0.8%	3.2%

The average commute time in Mehlville is 22.9 minutes, longer than the 21.0 minutes in Missouri.

0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.8% in Missouri. 1.0% commute by walking, lower than the 1.8% in Missouri.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Mehlville, Missouri.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Mehlville, Missouri?

Commuters here spend an estimated 191 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,915 at a typical national wage. That's 9% more than the typical Missouri commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Mehlville, Missouri?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Mehlville, Missouri. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.

How common is public transit use in Mehlville, Missouri?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.1% of commuters use it versus 0.8% in Missouri, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.