Work & commute · Sheridan

Work & commute in Sheridan, TX

Most working residents leave Sheridan for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (17%), Weimar (9%) and Schulenburg (6%). Half commute less than 59 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 253 working residents

Typical commute

59 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 240 Sheridan residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 403 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sheridan.

240live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

403work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sheridan goes to work

Houston79.4 mi away

17%43

Weimar14.5 mi away

9%23

Schulenburg18.4 mi away

6%14

Sheridan (in town)right here

5%13

Columbus15 mi away

4%11

Dallas226.8 mi away

3%7

Hallettsville16.9 mi away

2%4

Smithville44.8 mi away

2%4

El Campo32.3 mi away

2%4

Sugar Land62.9 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%126

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

How far

How far Sheridan commutes

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

30%

12%

53%

5%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

53%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sheridan is a job hub

1.64jobs 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 Sheridan are

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

Jobs based in Sheridan

416 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Sheridan residents hold

253 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+2089%

Jobs based in Sheridan, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 416. 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.