Work & commute · Mart

Work & commute in Mart, TX

Most working residents leave Mart for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Waco (32%), Austin (5%) and Dallas (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

54 of 766 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 712 Mart residents head out of town to work, 54 work right here, and 176 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mart.

712live here, work elsewhere

54live and work here

176work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mart goes to work

Waco21.2 mi away

32%245

Mart (in town)right here

7%54

Austin101.8 mi away

5%35

Dallas86.6 mi away

3%23

Fort Worth90.9 mi away

2%19

Temple44.7 mi away

2%18

Woodway23.8 mi away

2%14

Bellmead15.8 mi away

2%13

Houston148.5 mi away

2%12

Riesel8.2 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%326

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

How far

How far Mart commutes

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

12%

42%

38%

12%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mart is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mart are

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

Jobs based in Mart

230 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Mart residents hold

766 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−8%

Jobs based in Mart, 2013 → 2023: 249 → 230. 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.