Work & commute · Buffalo

Work & commute in Buffalo, TX

Most working residents leave Buffalo for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (12%), Austin (5%) and Centerville (3%). Half commute less than 65 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

94 of 615 working residents

Typical commute

65 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 521 Buffalo residents head out of town to work, 94 work right here, and 1,146 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buffalo.

521live here, work elsewhere

94live and work here

1,146work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buffalo goes to work

Buffalo (in town)right here

15%94

Houston122.4 mi away

12%75

Austin128.2 mi away

5%32

Centerville14.8 mi away

3%18

Huntsville60.5 mi away

3%18

Waco66.5 mi away

2%14

College Station61.9 mi away

2%12

Oakwood15.4 mi away

2%11

Dallas100.9 mi away

2%11

Grapeland34.8 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%320

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

How far

How far Buffalo commutes

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

21%

10%

61%

21%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

61%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buffalo is a job hub

2.02jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Buffalo are

1,240 jobs are based in Buffalo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Buffalo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Buffalo

1,240 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Buffalo residents hold

615 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−15%

Jobs based in Buffalo, 2013 → 2023: 1,456 → 1,240. 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.