Work & commute · China Spring

Work & commute in China Spring, TX

Most working residents leave China Spring for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Waco (44%), Austin (5%) and Temple (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 677 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 668 China Spring residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 125 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in China Spring.

668live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

125work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where China Spring goes to work

Waco9.3 mi away

44%299

Austin97 mi away

5%33

Temple37.9 mi away

3%20

Houston171.8 mi away

3%17

Woodway11.3 mi away

2%13

Dallas85.1 mi away

2%13

Hewitt15.2 mi away

2%11

McGregor17.3 mi away

2%11

Irving85.8 mi away

1%10

China Spring (in town)right here

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%241

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

How far

How far China Spring commutes

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

17%

46%

31%

17%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

China Spring is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.20 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in China Spring are

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

Jobs based in China Spring

134 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs China Spring residents hold

677 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+6%

Jobs based in China Spring, 2013 → 2023: 126 → 134. 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.