Work & commute · Brenham

Work & commute in Brenham, TX

About one in 3 of Brenham’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Houston (13%), Austin (7%) and Bryan (2%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36%

2,837 of 7,974 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 5,137 Brenham residents head out of town to work, 2,837 work right here, and 9,881 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brenham.

5,137live here, work elsewhere

2,837live and work here

9,881work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brenham goes to work

Brenham (in town)right here

36%2,837

Houston65.5 mi away

13%1,035

Austin81.7 mi away

7%525

Bryan35.1 mi away

2%196

College Station30.1 mi away

2%131

Temple88.1 mi away

1%105

Dallas183.4 mi away

1%84

Bellville16.7 mi away

1%83

San Antonio136.4 mi away

1%65

Round Rock79.8 mi away

1%51

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%2,862

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

How far

How far Brenham commutes

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

40%

11%

44%

40%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brenham is a job hub

1.59jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Brenham are

12,718 jobs are based in Brenham. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brenham’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brenham

12,718 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Brenham residents hold

7,974 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+3%

Jobs based in Brenham, 2013 → 2023: 12,290 → 12,718. 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.