Work & commute · College Station

Work & commute in College Station, TX

About one in 3 of College Station’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Bryan (17%), Houston (8%) and Austin (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35%

14,719 of 42,117 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 27,398 College Station residents head out of town to work, 14,719 work right here, and 36,002 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in College Station.

27,398live here, work elsewhere

14,719live and work here

36,002work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where College Station goes to work

College Station (in town)right here

35%14,719

Bryan7.5 mi away

17%6,983

Houston77.4 mi away

8%3,213

Austin89.1 mi away

3%1,410

Dallas155.1 mi away

2%693

San Antonio154.2 mi away

1%521

Temple74.1 mi away

1%333

Waco85.5 mi away

1%310

Fort Worth163.9 mi away

1%297

Navasota18.4 mi away

1%256

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%13,382

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

How far

How far College Station commutes

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

58%

34%

58%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

College Station is balanced between jobs and homes

1.20jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.20 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in College Station are

50,721 jobs are based in College Station. Here is what they are, next to the jobs College Station’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in College Station

50,721 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs College Station residents hold

42,117 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+5%

Jobs based in College Station, 2013 → 2023: 48,117 → 50,721. 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.