Work & commute · McGregor

Work & commute in McGregor, TX

Most working residents leave McGregor for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Waco (35%), Temple (4%) and Austin (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

227 of 2,468 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,241 McGregor residents head out of town to work, 227 work right here, and 2,484 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McGregor.

2,241live here, work elsewhere

227live and work here

2,484work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McGregor goes to work

Waco16.8 mi away

35%857

McGregor (in town)right here

9%227

Temple21.9 mi away

4%108

Austin79.9 mi away

4%107

Woodway12.7 mi away

3%86

Dallas102.4 mi away

3%67

Houston165.6 mi away

2%52

Fort Worth94.2 mi away

2%43

San Antonio150.3 mi away

1%29

Hewitt13.8 mi away

1%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%865

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

How far

How far McGregor commutes

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

14%

48%

32%

14%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McGregor is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in McGregor are

2,711 jobs are based in McGregor. Here is what they are, next to the jobs McGregor’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in McGregor

2,711 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs McGregor residents hold

2,468 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+111%

Jobs based in McGregor, 2013 → 2023: 1,285 → 2,711. 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.