Work & commute · Elmendorf

Work & commute in Elmendorf, TX

Most working residents leave Elmendorf for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are San Antonio (59%), Austin (4%) and Houston (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 811 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 808 Elmendorf residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 77 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elmendorf.

808live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

77work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elmendorf goes to work

San Antonio19.3 mi away

59%480

Austin79.7 mi away

4%32

Houston179.7 mi away

3%22

New Braunfels33.1 mi away

2%15

Dallas261.2 mi away

1%12

Floresville11.6 mi away

1%9

Selma23.1 mi away

1%8

Schertz21.8 mi away

1%7

Leon Valley24.7 mi away

1%6

Live Oak21 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%214

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

How far

How far Elmendorf commutes

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

13%

56%

13%

18%

13%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elmendorf is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elmendorf are

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

Jobs based in Elmendorf

80 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities55%

Services (health, schools, offices…)10%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Elmendorf residents hold

811 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−45%

Jobs based in Elmendorf, 2013 → 2023: 146 → 80. 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.