Work & commute · Hondo

Work & commute in Hondo, TX

About one in 5 of Hondo’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are San Antonio (26%), Austin (4%) and Kerrville (3%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

660 of 3,278 working residents

Typical commute

40 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 2,618 Hondo residents head out of town to work, 660 work right here, and 1,810 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hondo.

2,618live here, work elsewhere

660live and work here

1,810work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hondo goes to work

San Antonio39.1 mi away

26%849

Hondo (in town)right here

20%660

Austin106.7 mi away

4%141

Kerrville47.3 mi away

3%98

Houston228.7 mi away

2%57

New Braunfels67.3 mi away

1%45

Uvalde38.3 mi away

1%40

Dallas276.7 mi away

1%32

Fredericksburg65.3 mi away

1%29

McAllen223.3 mi away

1%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%1,298

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

How far

How far Hondo commutes

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

24%

36%

35%

24%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hondo is balanced between jobs and homes

0.75jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hondo are

2,470 jobs are based in Hondo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hondo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hondo

2,470 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Hondo residents hold

3,278 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+2%

Jobs based in Hondo, 2013 → 2023: 2,423 → 2,470. 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.