Work & commute · Grape Creek

Work & commute in Grape Creek, TX

Most working residents leave Grape Creek for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are San Angelo (52%), Austin (2%) and Houston (2%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

125 of 1,458 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 1,333 Grape Creek residents head out of town to work, 125 work right here, and 362 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grape Creek.

1,333live here, work elsewhere

125live and work here

362work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grape Creek goes to work

San Angelo11.3 mi away

52%751

Grape Creek (in town)right here

9%125

Austin187.8 mi away

2%28

Houston330.6 mi away

2%24

Abilene76.7 mi away

2%24

San Antonio189.5 mi away

2%23

Midland96.9 mi away

1%18

Lubbock157.5 mi away

1%18

Dallas236.4 mi away

1%12

Eden48.6 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%426

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

How far

How far Grape Creek commutes

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

31%

37%

30%

31%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grape Creek is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grape Creek are

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

Jobs based in Grape Creek

487 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Grape Creek residents hold

1,458 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−3%

Jobs based in Grape Creek, 2013 → 2023: 500 → 487. 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.