Work & commute · Lorena

Work & commute in Lorena, TX

Most working residents leave Lorena for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Waco (39%), Austin (5%) and Temple (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

51 of 822 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 771 Lorena residents head out of town to work, 51 work right here, and 1,297 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lorena.

771live here, work elsewhere

51live and work here

1,297work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lorena goes to work

Waco12.1 mi away

39%324

Lorena (in town)right here

6%51

Austin81.6 mi away

5%38

Temple21.9 mi away

4%33

Woodway8.1 mi away

3%28

Dallas100.8 mi away

3%22

Houston154.6 mi away

2%16

Belton27.8 mi away

2%14

Hewitt4.8 mi away

2%13

Bellmead16.7 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%273

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

How far

How far Lorena commutes

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

36%

29%

30%

36%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lorena is a job hub

1.64jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Lorena are

1,348 jobs are based in Lorena. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lorena’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lorena

1,348 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Lorena residents hold

822 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+31%

Jobs based in Lorena, 2013 → 2023: 1,031 → 1,348. 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.