Work & commute · Kempner

Work & commute in Kempner, TX

Most working residents leave Kempner for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Copperas Cove (12%), Killeen (12%) and Austin (12%). Half commute less than 42 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 440 working residents

Typical commute

42 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 438 Kempner residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kempner.

438live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

61work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kempner goes to work

Copperas Cove4.6 mi away

12%52

Killeen14.2 mi away

12%52

Austin55.2 mi away

12%51

Temple34.6 mi away

4%19

San Antonio116.2 mi away

3%15

Lampasas12.5 mi away

3%14

Harker Heights19.5 mi away

2%9

Fort Worth123.5 mi away

2%8

Houston177.9 mi away

2%8

Georgetown32.5 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%204

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

How far

How far Kempner commutes

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

17%

20%

21%

42%

17%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kempner is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kempner are

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

Jobs based in Kempner

63 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities57%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Kempner residents hold

440 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+43%

Jobs based in Kempner, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 63. 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.