Work & commute · Garwood

Work & commute in Garwood, TX

Most working residents leave Garwood for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (23%), Sheridan (4%) and Columbus (4%). Half commute less than 58 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 226 working residents

Typical commute

58 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 224 Garwood residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Garwood.

224live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

64work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Garwood goes to work

Houston66 mi away

23%52

Sheridan16.3 mi away

4%10

Columbus20 mi away

4%8

Austin99.8 mi away

3%7

El Campo18.7 mi away

3%6

Sugar Land48.2 mi away

3%6

Hallettsville31.9 mi away

2%5

Eagle Lake11.3 mi away

2%5

Weimar28.2 mi away

1%3

Corpus Christi125.4 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%121

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

How far

How far Garwood commutes

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

19%

16%

60%

5%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

60%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Garwood is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Garwood are

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

Jobs based in Garwood

66 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Garwood residents hold

226 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−80%

Jobs based in Garwood, 2013 → 2023: 326 → 66. 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.