Work & commute · Riesel

Work & commute in Riesel, TX

Most working residents leave Riesel for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Waco (35%), Austin (5%) and Temple (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 486 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 460 Riesel residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 144 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Riesel.

460live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

144work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Riesel goes to work

Waco15.5 mi away

35%168

Riesel (in town)right here

5%26

Austin94.3 mi away

5%23

Temple36.5 mi away

3%14

Houston148.9 mi away

3%14

Dallas91.8 mi away

3%13

Woodway16.9 mi away

2%11

Hewitt14.7 mi away

2%9

Bellmead12.2 mi away

2%9

Fort Worth93.4 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%190

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

How far

How far Riesel commutes

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

12%

47%

10%

30%

12%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Riesel is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Riesel are

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

Jobs based in Riesel

170 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Riesel residents hold

486 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−11%

Jobs based in Riesel, 2013 → 2023: 191 → 170. 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.