Work & commute · Waelder

Work & commute in Waelder, TX

Most working residents leave Waelder for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Gonzales (12%), Austin (7%) and San Antonio (7%). Half commute less than 41 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 330 working residents

Typical commute

41 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 304 Waelder residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 471 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waelder.

304live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

471work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waelder goes to work

Gonzales15.4 mi away

12%39

Waelder (in town)right here

8%26

Austin49.9 mi away

7%23

San Antonio75.4 mi away

7%23

Houston114.7 mi away

4%14

New Braunfels49.1 mi away

3%10

Flatonia11.6 mi away

3%9

Seguin40.9 mi away

3%9

Luling21 mi away

2%8

San Marcos40.3 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%161

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

How far

How far Waelder commutes

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

13%

28%

20%

39%

13%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waelder is a job hub

1.51jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Waelder are

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

Jobs based in Waelder

497 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)86%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)11%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Waelder residents hold

330 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−17%

Jobs based in Waelder, 2013 → 2023: 596 → 497. 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.