Work & commute · Yoakum

Work & commute in Yoakum, TX

About one in 4 of Yoakum’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Houston (9%), Victoria (5%) and Austin (4%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

709 of 2,594 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,885 Yoakum residents head out of town to work, 709 work right here, and 1,615 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Yoakum.

1,885live here, work elsewhere

709live and work here

1,615work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Yoakum goes to work

Yoakum (in town)right here

27%709

Houston111 mi away

9%222

Victoria33.5 mi away

5%117

Austin78.4 mi away

4%91

Cuero15.6 mi away

3%90

Shiner9.8 mi away

3%83

San Antonio83.8 mi away

3%83

Hallettsville16 mi away

2%50

Schulenburg30.5 mi away

1%32

Dallas242.9 mi away

1%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%1,089

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

How far

How far Yoakum commutes

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

36%

12%

43%

36%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Yoakum is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Yoakum are

2,324 jobs are based in Yoakum. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Yoakum’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Yoakum

2,324 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Yoakum residents hold

2,594 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+6%

Jobs based in Yoakum, 2013 → 2023: 2,190 → 2,324. 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.