Work & commute · Menard

Work & commute in Menard, TX

About one in 4 of Menard’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are San Angelo (8%), Houston (3%) and Brady (3%). Half commute less than 60 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

98 of 382 working residents

Typical commute

60 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 284 Menard residents head out of town to work, 98 work right here, and 269 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Menard.

284live here, work elsewhere

98live and work here

269work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Menard goes to work

Menard (in town)right here

26%98

San Angelo53.5 mi away

8%30

Houston273.4 mi away

3%12

Brady29.3 mi away

3%10

Abilene106.2 mi away

3%10

Eden20.9 mi away

2%9

San Antonio125.6 mi away

2%8

Mason35 mi away

2%7

Lubbock220.2 mi away

2%7

Paint Rock41.7 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%185

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

How far

How far Menard commutes

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

28%

59%

28%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

59%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Menard is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Menard are

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

Jobs based in Menard

367 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Menard residents hold

382 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+3%

Jobs based in Menard, 2013 → 2023: 357 → 367. 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.