Work & commute · Gardendale

Work & commute in Gardendale, TX

Most working residents leave Gardendale for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Odessa (32%), Midland (24%) and West Odessa (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 1,165 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 1,141 Gardendale residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 1,078 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gardendale.

1,141live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

1,078work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gardendale goes to work

Odessa9.2 mi away

32%369

Midland14.4 mi away

24%285

West Odessa14.6 mi away

3%35

Gardendale (in town)right here

2%24

Houston440.9 mi away

1%15

Lubbock110.4 mi away

1%15

San Antonio287.9 mi away

1%9

Austin296.9 mi away

1%8

Andrews24.1 mi away

1%7

San Angelo119 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%391

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

How far

How far Gardendale commutes

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

21%

61%

16%

21%Under 10 mi

61%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gardendale is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gardendale are

1,102 jobs are based in Gardendale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gardendale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gardendale

1,102 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Gardendale residents hold

1,165 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+204%

Jobs based in Gardendale, 2013 → 2023: 363 → 1,102. 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.