Work & commute · Iola

Work & commute in Iola, TX

Most working residents leave Iola for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (17%), College Station (14%) and Bryan (12%). Half commute less than 50 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 179 working residents

Typical commute

50 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 178 Iola residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Iola.

178live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

38work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Iola goes to work

Houston79.6 mi away

17%31

College Station18.4 mi away

14%25

Bryan19.5 mi away

12%22

Navasota26.7 mi away

4%7

Austin105 mi away

4%7

San Antonio172 mi away

3%5

The Woodlands53.5 mi away

2%4

Conroe46.8 mi away

2%3

Bellville58.1 mi away

1%2

Brenham46.5 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%71

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

How far

How far Iola commutes

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

37%

12%

50%

2%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

50%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Iola is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Iola are

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

Jobs based in Iola

39 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less44%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month21%

Jobs Iola residents hold

179 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+1200%

Jobs based in Iola, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 39. 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.