Work & commute · Moody

Work & commute in Moody, TX

Most working residents leave Moody for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Waco (26%), Temple (17%) and Austin (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 725 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 707 Moody residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 252 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moody.

707live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

252work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Moody goes to work

Waco20 mi away

26%186

Temple14 mi away

17%120

Austin73.5 mi away

4%31

Dallas108.4 mi away

4%28

Bruceville-Eddy6.1 mi away

3%22

McGregor8.8 mi away

3%21

Moody (in town)right here

2%18

Houston157.4 mi away

2%18

Woodway15.3 mi away

2%16

Hewitt14 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%252

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

How far

How far Moody commutes

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

53%

31%

9%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Moody is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Moody are

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

Jobs based in Moody

270 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Moody residents hold

725 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+225%

Jobs based in Moody, 2013 → 2023: 83 → 270. 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.