Work & commute · Onalaska

Work & commute in Onalaska, TX

Most working residents leave Onalaska for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (11%), Livingston (11%) and Huntsville (5%). Half commute less than 47 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

46 of 902 working residents

Typical commute

47 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 856 Onalaska residents head out of town to work, 46 work right here, and 446 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Onalaska.

856live here, work elsewhere

46live and work here

446work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Onalaska goes to work

Houston73.7 mi away

11%98

Livingston13.1 mi away

11%96

Onalaska (in town)right here

5%46

Huntsville27.6 mi away

5%41

Lufkin41.2 mi away

4%37

Dallas167 mi away

2%20

Conroe40.8 mi away

2%17

The Woodlands50.9 mi away

2%16

West Livingston10.1 mi away

2%14

Tyler103.7 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%506

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

How far

How far Onalaska commutes

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

13%

20%

19%

48%

13%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

48%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Onalaska is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Onalaska are

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

Jobs based in Onalaska

492 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Onalaska residents hold

902 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+5%

Jobs based in Onalaska, 2013 → 2023: 469 → 492. 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.