Work & commute · Dilley

Work & commute in Dilley, TX

Most working residents leave Dilley for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are San Antonio (19%), Austin (6%) and Pearsall (4%). Half commute less than 68 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

136 of 1,087 working residents

Typical commute

68 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 951 Dilley residents head out of town to work, 136 work right here, and 599 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dilley.

951live here, work elsewhere

136live and work here

599work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dilley goes to work

San Antonio67.6 mi away

19%207

Dilley (in town)right here

13%136

Austin141.5 mi away

6%66

Pearsall16.3 mi away

4%46

Houston241.1 mi away

3%35

Uvalde52.5 mi away

1%14

McAllen178.1 mi away

1%13

Cotulla16.4 mi away

1%12

New Braunfels95.8 mi away

1%11

Laredo78.8 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%536

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

How far

How far Dilley commutes

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

24%

61%

24%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

61%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dilley is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dilley are

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

Jobs based in Dilley

735 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Dilley residents hold

1,087 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−15%

Jobs based in Dilley, 2013 → 2023: 868 → 735. 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.