Work & commute · Woodson

Work & commute in Woodson, TX

Most working residents leave Woodson for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Throckmorton (29%), Olney (5%) and Graham (4%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 105 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 100 Woodson residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 51 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Woodson.

100live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

51work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Woodson goes to work

Throckmorton13.7 mi away

29%30

Woodson (in town)right here

5%5

Olney29.5 mi away

5%5

Graham28.2 mi away

4%4

Albany24.3 mi away

3%3

Abilene55.5 mi away

3%3

Breckenridge19.6 mi away

2%2

Decatur86.1 mi away

2%2

Stephenville73.6 mi away

2%2

San Antonio247.4 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%47

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

How far

How far Woodson commutes

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

35%

18%

42%

5%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Woodson is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Woodson are

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

Jobs based in Woodson

56 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)5%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Woodson residents hold

105 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+133%

Jobs based in Woodson, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 56. 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.