Work & commute · Shiner

Work & commute in Shiner, TX

Most working residents leave Shiner for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (9%), Yoakum (8%) and Gonzales (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

169 of 961 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 792 Shiner residents head out of town to work, 169 work right here, and 644 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shiner.

792live here, work elsewhere

169live and work here

644work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shiner goes to work

Shiner (in town)right here

18%169

Houston109.9 mi away

9%88

Yoakum9.8 mi away

8%79

Gonzales17.3 mi away

5%50

Victoria43.3 mi away

4%37

Hallettsville13.9 mi away

3%25

Austin69.1 mi away

2%21

Flatonia18.2 mi away

2%15

Moulton9.7 mi away

1%14

San Antonio81.3 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%449

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

How far

How far Shiner commutes

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

38%

18%

38%

38%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shiner is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Shiner are

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

Jobs based in Shiner

813 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Shiner residents hold

961 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+42%

Jobs based in Shiner, 2013 → 2023: 572 → 813. 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.