Work & commute · Smiley

Work & commute in Smiley, TX

Most working residents leave Smiley for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Gonzales (12%), San Antonio (11%) and Nixon (9%). Half commute less than 46 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 219 working residents

Typical commute

46 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

42 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 219 Smiley residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Smiley.

219live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

21work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Smiley goes to work

Gonzales20.2 mi away

12%27

San Antonio55 mi away

11%23

Nixon7.7 mi away

9%19

Austin71.3 mi away

7%15

Houston139.8 mi away

4%9

Seguin29.7 mi away

4%8

New Braunfels41.2 mi away

3%7

Cuero24.1 mi away

2%5

Victoria49.8 mi away

2%4

Corpus Christi108.5 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%98

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

How far

How far Smiley commutes

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

11%

23%

22%

45%

11%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

45%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Smiley is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Smiley are

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

Jobs based in Smiley

21 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)57%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Smiley residents hold

219 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−57%

Jobs based in Smiley, 2013 → 2023: 49 → 21. 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.