Work & commute · Santa Anna

Work & commute in Santa Anna, TX

Most working residents leave Santa Anna for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Coleman (13%), Brownwood (11%) and Austin (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

45 of 393 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 348 Santa Anna residents head out of town to work, 45 work right here, and 215 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Santa Anna.

348live here, work elsewhere

45live and work here

215work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Santa Anna goes to work

Coleman8.7 mi away

13%53

Santa Anna (in town)right here

11%45

Brownwood20.5 mi away

11%42

Austin136.1 mi away

5%19

Bangs11.6 mi away

3%11

San Antonio164.2 mi away

3%10

Dallas166.4 mi away

2%8

Houston269.8 mi away

2%8

Abilene55.2 mi away

2%6

Early22.9 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%186

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

How far

How far Santa Anna commutes

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

25%

27%

43%

25%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Santa Anna is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Santa Anna are

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

Jobs based in Santa Anna

260 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Santa Anna residents hold

393 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+45%

Jobs based in Santa Anna, 2013 → 2023: 179 → 260. 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.