Work & commute · Powell

Work & commute in Powell, TX

Most working residents leave Powell for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Corsicana (24%), Dallas (5%) and Waco (5%). Half commute less than 44 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 41 working residents

Typical commute

44 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 39 Powell residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Powell.

39live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

57work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Powell goes to work

Corsicana8.7 mi away

24%10

Powell (in town)right here

5%2

Dallas53.9 mi away

5%2

Waco63.6 mi away

5%2

South Sioux City, NE715.3 mi away

2%1

Oklahoma City, OK241.8 mi away

2%1

Eureka7.3 mi away

2%1

Lake Worth80.8 mi away

2%1

Kerens5.8 mi away

2%1

Malakoff18.1 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%19

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

How far

How far Powell commutes

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

29%

17%

46%

29%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

46%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Powell is balanced between jobs and homes

1.44jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.44 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Powell are

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

Jobs based in Powell

59 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities61%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Powell residents hold

41 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+74%

Jobs based in Powell, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 59. 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.