Work & commute · May

Work & commute in May, TX

Most working residents leave May for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Brownwood (25%), Austin (5%) and Stephenville (4%). Half commute less than 43 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 91 working residents

Typical commute

43 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

10 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 90 May residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in May.

90live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

9work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where May goes to work

Brownwood18.7 mi away

25%23

Austin135.2 mi away

5%5

Stephenville44.3 mi away

4%4

Houston258.7 mi away

4%4

Harker Heights98.8 mi away

3%3

Cross Plains17.4 mi away

2%2

De Leon24.6 mi away

2%2

Fort Worth107.4 mi away

2%2

San Antonio175.5 mi away

2%2

Killeen93.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%42

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

How far

How far May commutes

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

37%

46%

8%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

46%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

May is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in May are

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

Jobs based in May

10 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)60%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less40%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs May residents hold

91 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month35%

+67%

Jobs based in May, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 10. 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.