Work & commute · Gonzales

Work & commute in Gonzales, TX

About one in 3 of Gonzales’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are San Antonio (9%), Austin (4%) and Seguin (4%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

1,036 of 3,497 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 2,461 Gonzales residents head out of town to work, 1,036 work right here, and 2,498 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gonzales.

2,461live here, work elsewhere

1,036live and work here

2,498work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gonzales goes to work

Gonzales (in town)right here

30%1,036

San Antonio64.9 mi away

9%329

Austin57.3 mi away

4%155

Seguin31.8 mi away

4%140

Houston125 mi away

3%103

Waelder15.4 mi away

3%102

San Marcos38.5 mi away

2%76

Luling16.7 mi away

2%64

New Braunfels42.1 mi away

2%60

Victoria54.8 mi away

2%53

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%1,379

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

How far

How far Gonzales commutes

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

36%

12%

15%

37%

36%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gonzales is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gonzales are

3,534 jobs are based in Gonzales. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gonzales’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gonzales

3,534 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Gonzales residents hold

3,497 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+1%

Jobs based in Gonzales, 2013 → 2023: 3,496 → 3,534. 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.