Work & commute · Gatesville

Work & commute in Gatesville, TX

About one in 5 of Gatesville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Austin (8%), Waco (6%) and Temple (4%). Half commute less than 51 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

927 of 4,303 working residents

Typical commute

51 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 3,376 Gatesville residents head out of town to work, 927 work right here, and 2,359 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gatesville.

3,376live here, work elsewhere

927live and work here

2,359work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gatesville goes to work

Gatesville (in town)right here

22%927

Austin78.8 mi away

8%349

Waco33.8 mi away

6%255

Temple31.3 mi away

4%193

Houston180.8 mi away

4%154

San Antonio144.2 mi away

3%142

Dallas109.8 mi away

3%138

Killeen25 mi away

2%81

Round Rock63.2 mi away

1%63

Fort Worth95.7 mi away

1%63

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%1,938

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

How far

How far Gatesville commutes

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

27%

17%

50%

27%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

50%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gatesville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gatesville are

3,286 jobs are based in Gatesville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gatesville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gatesville

3,286 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Gatesville residents hold

4,303 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−6%

Jobs based in Gatesville, 2013 → 2023: 3,487 → 3,286. 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.