Work & commute · Edna

Work & commute in Edna, TX

Most working residents leave Edna for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Victoria (12%), Houston (7%) and Vanderbilt (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

310 of 2,396 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 2,086 Edna residents head out of town to work, 310 work right here, and 918 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Edna.

2,086live here, work elsewhere

310live and work here

918work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Edna goes to work

Edna (in town)right here

13%310

Victoria22.8 mi away

12%289

Houston94.3 mi away

7%177

Vanderbilt10.9 mi away

4%99

Point Comfort21.9 mi away

4%91

San Antonio118 mi away

4%86

Ganado9.5 mi away

3%66

Austin113 mi away

3%65

Corpus Christi90.2 mi away

2%57

Port Lavaca24.7 mi away

2%51

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%1,105

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

How far

How far Edna commutes

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

22%

28%

10%

40%

22%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Edna is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Edna are

1,228 jobs are based in Edna. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Edna’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Edna

1,228 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Edna residents hold

2,396 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−22%

Jobs based in Edna, 2013 → 2023: 1,569 → 1,228. 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.