Work & commute · Leona

Work & commute in Leona, TX

Most working residents leave Leona for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Centerville (17%), Houston (17%) and Buffalo (3%). Half commute less than 54 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 66 working residents

Typical commute

54 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 63 Leona residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leona.

63live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

62work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leona goes to work

Centerville7.2 mi away

17%11

Houston100.8 mi away

17%11

Leona (in town)right here

5%3

Buffalo21.7 mi away

3%2

Galveston148.7 mi away

3%2

Huntsville40.1 mi away

3%2

Bryan41.4 mi away

3%2

Austin121 mi away

3%2

Mart57.1 mi away

2%1

Hallettsville131.5 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%29

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

How far

How far Leona commutes

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

26%

14%

52%

26%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

52%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leona is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Leona are

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

Jobs based in Leona

65 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities69%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Leona residents hold

66 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+81%

Jobs based in Leona, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 65. 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.