Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Batesville commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Batesville report 65 jobs, against 310 working residents. Only 5% work in Batesville; the top destination outside it is San Antonio (25%, 75 miles). Commuters spend 18 minutes getting to work on average, next to 27 for Texas and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Batesville
A big share show a job far from home
69% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Batesville’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Batesville is San Antonio, 75 miles away as the crow flies. 25% of working residents (76) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Batesville is a place people come home to
There are 65 jobs based in Batesville, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Batesville has about 750 people in it, 25% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 310 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How far Batesville goes to work
About 69% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
A workday in Batesville: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 295 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 50 people come in from elsewhere.
About 750 people are in Batesville on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Batesville’s working residents head each day
Where Batesville clocks in
25% of workers
10% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The kinds of work in Batesville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Batesville, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 65. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Batesville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 18 minutes from Batesville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Batesville workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 302 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Batesville: questions
What is the median household income in Batesville?
$28,140 (±$9,789) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Batesville?
52.7%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Batesville?
18 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Batesville work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Antonio (25%, 75 mi), Uvalde (10%, 20 mi), Eagle Pass (3%, 54 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Batesville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Batesville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Batesville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.