Work & commute · Goliad

Work & commute in Goliad, TX

Most working residents leave Goliad for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Victoria (14%), San Antonio (9%) and Austin (5%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

100 of 647 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 547 Goliad residents head out of town to work, 100 work right here, and 619 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Goliad.

547live here, work elsewhere

100live and work here

619work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Goliad goes to work

Goliad (in town)right here

15%100

Victoria26.9 mi away

14%91

San Antonio87.6 mi away

9%57

Austin114.5 mi away

5%34

Houston143.3 mi away

4%28

Cuero30.5 mi away

2%11

Refugio26.1 mi away

2%10

Yorktown22.6 mi away

2%10

New Braunfels83.3 mi away

1%8

Quail Creek20 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%290

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

How far

How far Goliad commutes

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

20%

24%

47%

20%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

47%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Goliad is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Goliad are

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

Jobs based in Goliad

719 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Goliad residents hold

647 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−3%

Jobs based in Goliad, 2013 → 2023: 738 → 719. 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.