Work & commute · Selma

Work & commute in Selma, TX

Most working residents leave Selma for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are San Antonio (48%), Austin (6%) and Schertz (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

105 of 4,807 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,702 Selma residents head out of town to work, 105 work right here, and 7,439 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Selma.

4,702live here, work elsewhere

105live and work here

7,439work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Selma goes to work

San Antonio15.2 mi away

48%2,329

Austin59.6 mi away

6%280

Schertz4.2 mi away

5%260

Live Oak2.6 mi away

5%219

New Braunfels14.3 mi away

3%168

Houston176.2 mi away

3%141

Selma (in town)right here

2%105

Universal City2.4 mi away

1%57

Cibolo6.3 mi away

1%55

Dallas239.7 mi away

1%54

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%1,139

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

How far

How far Selma commutes

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

31%

44%

22%

31%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Selma is a job hub

1.57jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Selma are

7,544 jobs are based in Selma. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Selma’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Selma

7,544 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities47%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Selma residents hold

4,807 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+91%

Jobs based in Selma, 2013 → 2023: 3,950 → 7,544. 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.