Work & commute · Flatonia

Work & commute in Flatonia, TX

Most working residents leave Flatonia for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Austin (13%), Schulenburg (6%) and Houston (4%). Half commute less than 52 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

97 of 609 working residents

Typical commute

52 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 512 Flatonia residents head out of town to work, 97 work right here, and 620 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Flatonia.

512live here, work elsewhere

97live and work here

620work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Flatonia goes to work

Flatonia (in town)right here

16%97

Austin57.3 mi away

13%80

Schulenburg11.9 mi away

6%36

Houston103.2 mi away

4%25

San Antonio86.7 mi away

3%20

La Grange20.6 mi away

3%16

Waelder11.6 mi away

2%14

Weimar19.7 mi away

2%12

Dallas215.4 mi away

2%11

Round Rock66.7 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%288

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

How far

How far Flatonia commutes

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

22%

21%

51%

22%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

51%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Flatonia is balanced between jobs and homes

1.18jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Flatonia are

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

Jobs based in Flatonia

717 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Flatonia residents hold

609 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+6%

Jobs based in Flatonia, 2013 → 2023: 674 → 717. 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.