Work & commute · Baird

Work & commute in Baird, TX

Most working residents leave Baird for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Cross Plains (10%), Abilene (7%) and Fort Worth (4%). Half commute less than 55 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

47 of 457 working residents

Typical commute

55 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 410 Baird residents head out of town to work, 47 work right here, and 414 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Baird.

410live here, work elsewhere

47live and work here

414work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Baird goes to work

Cross Plains22.9 mi away

10%47

Baird (in town)right here

10%47

Abilene20.4 mi away

7%34

Fort Worth122.1 mi away

4%19

Brownwood53.2 mi away

4%18

Dallas155.5 mi away

4%18

Clyde6.3 mi away

4%17

Austin174.3 mi away

2%11

Waco141.7 mi away

2%7

Weatherford98.1 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%233

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Baird commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

18%

24%

52%

18%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

52%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Baird is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Baird are

461 jobs are based in Baird. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Baird’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Baird

461 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Baird residents hold

457 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+102%

Jobs based in Baird, 2013 → 2023: 228 → 461. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.