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Work & commute · Lexington

Work & commute in Lexington, TX

Most working residents leave Lexington for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Austin (23%), Houston (5%) and Elgin (5%). Half commute less than 43 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
17 of 510 working residents
Typical commute
43 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
38 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
15%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 493 Lexington residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 164 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lexington.

493live here, work elsewhere
17live and work here
164work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Lexington goes to work

ThorndaleLexingtonCaldwellGiddingsElginNavasotaHuttoPflugervilleTaylorRound RockBryanAustinDallasSan AntonioHoustonCollege StationAustinHoustonElginCollege StationGiddingsDallasSan AntonioRound RockBryanLexington
1
Austin45.1 mi away
23%115
2
Houston106.2 mi away
5%26
3
Elgin23.2 mi away
5%25
4
Lexington (in town)right here
3%17
5
College Station44.1 mi away
3%16
6
Giddings16.6 mi away
3%15
7
Dallas165 mi away
3%15
8
San Antonio112 mi away
3%15
9
Round Rock39.7 mi away
3%13
10
Bryan41.3 mi away
2%12
Everywhere elseother towns and states
47%241

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

How far

How far Lexington commutes

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

7%Under 10 mi
16%10–24 mi
43%25–50 mi
34%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Lexington is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lexington are

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

Jobs based in Lexington

181 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)25%
Trade, transport & utilities32%
Services (health, schools, offices…)43%
$1,250 a month or less34%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Lexington residents hold

510 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)25%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)57%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month64%
−6%

Jobs based in Lexington, 2013 → 2023: 193 → 181. 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.

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