Work & commute · Redwood

Work & commute in Redwood, TX

Most working residents leave Redwood for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are San Marcos (26%), San Antonio (15%) and Austin (10%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43 of 1,701 working residents

Typical commute

24 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 1,658 Redwood residents head out of town to work, 43 work right here, and 172 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Redwood.

1,658live here, work elsewhere

43live and work here

172work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Redwood goes to work

San Marcos4.7 mi away

26%442

San Antonio44.1 mi away

15%263

Austin35 mi away

10%164

New Braunfels14.5 mi away

4%71

Houston151.1 mi away

3%58

Seguin15.6 mi away

3%51

Kyle12.8 mi away

3%43

Redwood (in town)right here

3%43

Buda18.6 mi away

2%28

Schertz26.7 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%518

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

How far

How far Redwood commutes

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

34%

16%

29%

20%

34%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Redwood 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 Redwood are

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

Jobs based in Redwood

215 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)63%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Redwood residents hold

1,701 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+119%

Jobs based in Redwood, 2013 → 2023: 98 → 215. 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.