Work & commute · Falls

Work & commute in Falls, TX

Most working residents leave Falls for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are San Antonio (27%), Austin (6%) and Houston (4%). Half commute less than 44 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

30 of 259 working residents

Typical commute

44 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 229 Falls residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 192 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Falls.

229live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

192work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Falls goes to work

San Antonio45 mi away

27%71

Falls City (in town)right here

12%30

Austin92.4 mi away

6%15

Houston168 mi away

4%10

Karnes City9.9 mi away

3%9

Floresville14.3 mi away

3%7

Nixon25.2 mi away

2%4

Kenedy15.7 mi away

2%4

Pleasanton28.7 mi away

2%4

San Marcos61.8 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%101

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

How far

How far Falls commutes

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

19%

10%

37%

34%

19%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Falls is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Falls are

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

Jobs based in Falls

222 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Falls residents hold

259 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−7%

Jobs based in Falls, 2013 → 2023: 239 → 222. 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.