Work & commute · Schulenburg

Work & commute in Schulenburg, TX

About one in 3 of Schulenburg’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Austin (8%), Weimar (4%) and Houston (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

402 of 1,214 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 812 Schulenburg residents head out of town to work, 402 work right here, and 1,994 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Schulenburg.

812live here, work elsewhere

402live and work here

1,994work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Schulenburg goes to work

Schulenburg (in town)right here

33%402

Austin66.2 mi away

8%101

Weimar7.9 mi away

4%54

Houston91.4 mi away

4%46

San Antonio98.4 mi away

3%40

Flatonia11.9 mi away

3%37

La Grange16 mi away

3%31

Dallas215.1 mi away

2%30

College Station72.3 mi away

2%22

Waelder23.4 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%434

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

How far

How far Schulenburg commutes

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

40%

14%

41%

40%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Schulenburg is a job hub

1.97jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Schulenburg are

2,396 jobs are based in Schulenburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Schulenburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Schulenburg

2,396 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Schulenburg residents hold

1,214 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+42%

Jobs based in Schulenburg, 2013 → 2023: 1,692 → 2,396. 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.