Work & commute · Groesbeck

Work & commute in Groesbeck, TX

Most working residents leave Groesbeck for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Mexia (9%), Waco (8%) and Dallas (5%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

257 of 1,426 working residents

Typical commute

40 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,169 Groesbeck residents head out of town to work, 257 work right here, and 1,184 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Groesbeck.

1,169live here, work elsewhere

257live and work here

1,184work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Groesbeck goes to work

Groesbeck (in town)right here

18%257

Mexia11 mi away

9%122

Waco39 mi away

8%109

Dallas88.7 mi away

5%76

Fort Worth99.2 mi away

3%47

Houston138 mi away

3%42

Austin111.7 mi away

2%35

Corsicana38.6 mi away

1%20

College Station66.4 mi away

1%16

Temple58.5 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%687

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

How far

How far Groesbeck commutes

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

21%

17%

16%

47%

21%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

47%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Groesbeck 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 Groesbeck are

1,441 jobs are based in Groesbeck. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Groesbeck’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Groesbeck

1,441 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Groesbeck residents hold

1,426 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−23%

Jobs based in Groesbeck, 2013 → 2023: 1,868 → 1,441. 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.