Work & commute · Ellinger

Work & commute in Ellinger, TX

Most working residents leave Ellinger for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Austin (13%), Brenham (9%) and La Grange (5%). Half commute less than 56 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 86 working residents

Typical commute

56 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 83 Ellinger residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 49 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ellinger.

83live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

49work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ellinger goes to work

Austin70.4 mi away

13%11

Brenham28.9 mi away

9%8

La Grange11.5 mi away

5%4

Houston79 mi away

5%4

Ellinger (in town)right here

3%3

Columbus12.9 mi away

3%3

Round Rock74.4 mi away

3%3

San Antonio112.3 mi away

3%3

Schulenburg16.2 mi away

2%2

Bastrop41.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%43

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

How far

How far Ellinger commutes

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

10%

16%

21%

52%

10%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

52%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ellinger is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ellinger are

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

Jobs based in Ellinger

52 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities100%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Ellinger residents hold

86 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−16%

Jobs based in Ellinger, 2013 → 2023: 62 → 52. 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.