Work & commute · New Ulm

Work & commute in New Ulm, TX

Most working residents leave New Ulm for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (21%), Brenham (13%) and Bellville (9%). Half commute less than 50 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 152 working residents

Typical commute

50 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 152 New Ulm residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Ulm.

152live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

33work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Ulm goes to work

Houston66.7 mi away

21%32

Brenham19.9 mi away

13%20

Bellville14.9 mi away

9%14

Austin80.5 mi away

4%6

Sealy21.6 mi away

3%5

College Station50 mi away

3%5

Industry5.8 mi away

2%3

Katy39.8 mi away

2%3

Temple99.8 mi away

2%3

Bryan54.5 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%59

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

How far

How far New Ulm commutes

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

35%

10%

49%

6%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

49%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Ulm is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Ulm are

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

Jobs based in New Ulm

33 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less39%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs New Ulm residents hold

152 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−85%

Jobs based in New Ulm, 2013 → 2023: 222 → 33. 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.