Work & commute · China Grove

Work & commute in China Grove, TX

Most working residents leave China Grove for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are San Antonio (59%), Schertz (4%) and Austin (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 599 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 599 China Grove residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 848 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in China Grove.

599live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

848work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where China Grove goes to work

San Antonio11.8 mi away

59%354

Schertz13.1 mi away

4%24

Austin71.9 mi away

4%21

Live Oak11.2 mi away

3%19

Houston179.7 mi away

2%11

New Braunfels25.3 mi away

2%10

Leon Valley17.7 mi away

1%6

Cibolo14.4 mi away

1%6

La Vernia13.5 mi away

1%5

Selma13.5 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%138

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

How far

How far China Grove commutes

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

29%

51%

15%

29%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

China Grove is balanced between jobs and homes

1.42jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in China Grove are

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

Jobs based in China Grove

848 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)74%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs China Grove residents hold

599 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+1%

Jobs based in China Grove, 2013 → 2023: 843 → 848. 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.