Work & commute · Vanderbilt

Work & commute in Vanderbilt, TX

Most working residents leave Vanderbilt for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Edna (19%), Victoria (9%) and Houston (9%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 143 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 134 Vanderbilt residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 357 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vanderbilt.

134live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

357work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vanderbilt goes to work

Edna10.9 mi away

19%27

Victoria22.8 mi away

9%13

Houston99.3 mi away

9%13

San Antonio123.8 mi away

7%10

Vanderbilt (in town)right here

6%9

Point Comfort11 mi away

4%6

Port Lavaca14.1 mi away

3%4

Austin123.1 mi away

3%4

Conroe124.2 mi away

2%3

Ganado16.4 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%52

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

How far

How far Vanderbilt commutes

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

10%

40%

43%

10%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vanderbilt is a job hub

2.56jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Vanderbilt are

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

Jobs based in Vanderbilt

366 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Vanderbilt residents hold

143 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+12%

Jobs based in Vanderbilt, 2013 → 2023: 326 → 366. 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.