Work & commute · Oglesby

Work & commute in Oglesby, TX

Most working residents leave Oglesby for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Waco (17%), Gatesville (15%) and Temple (11%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 175 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 172 Oglesby residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oglesby.

172live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

20work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oglesby goes to work

Waco21.3 mi away

17%30

Gatesville13.9 mi away

15%27

Temple22.9 mi away

11%19

Austin78.7 mi away

5%8

McGregor5.1 mi away

3%6

Dallas104.5 mi away

3%6

San Antonio148 mi away

3%6

Oglesby (in town)right here

2%3

Houston169.3 mi away

2%3

Valley Mills16.6 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%65

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

How far

How far Oglesby commutes

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

51%

31%

9%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oglesby is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oglesby are

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

Jobs based in Oglesby

23 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)65%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month61%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Oglesby residents hold

175 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−51%

Jobs based in Oglesby, 2013 → 2023: 47 → 23. 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.