Work & commute · Woodway

Work & commute in Woodway, TX

Most working residents leave Woodway for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Waco (51%), Austin (4%) and Dallas (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

213 of 4,237 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,024 Woodway residents head out of town to work, 213 work right here, and 5,809 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Woodway.

4,024live here, work elsewhere

213live and work here

5,809work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Woodway goes to work

Waco4.8 mi away

51%2,146

Woodway (in town)right here

5%213

Austin88.5 mi away

4%166

Dallas93.5 mi away

3%123

Temple28.7 mi away

2%97

Houston161.2 mi away

2%85

Fort Worth89 mi away

2%64

Hewitt3.9 mi away

1%61

McGregor12.7 mi away

1%52

Bellmead11 mi away

1%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%1,190

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

How far

How far Woodway commutes

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

59%

31%

59%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Woodway is balanced between jobs and homes

1.42jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Woodway are

6,022 jobs are based in Woodway. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Woodway’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Woodway

6,022 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Woodway residents hold

4,237 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+21%

Jobs based in Woodway, 2013 → 2023: 4,989 → 6,022. 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.