Work & commute · Caldwell

Work & commute in Caldwell, TX

Most working residents leave Caldwell for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (11%), College Station (10%) and Bryan (10%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

350 of 2,103 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 1,753 Caldwell residents head out of town to work, 350 work right here, and 1,630 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Caldwell.

1,753live here, work elsewhere

350live and work here

1,630work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Caldwell goes to work

Caldwell (in town)right here

17%350

Houston93.7 mi away

11%237

College Station24.3 mi away

10%201

Bryan21.2 mi away

10%200

Austin64.8 mi away

6%120

Dallas156.4 mi away

1%28

Round Rock57.4 mi away

1%25

Temple57 mi away

1%25

San Antonio131.8 mi away

1%24

Brenham31.4 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%871

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

How far

How far Caldwell commutes

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

21%

23%

48%

21%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

48%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Caldwell is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Caldwell are

1,980 jobs are based in Caldwell. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Caldwell’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Caldwell

1,980 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Caldwell residents hold

2,103 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−9%

Jobs based in Caldwell, 2013 → 2023: 2,179 → 1,980. 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.