Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Billy Hathorn assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Chilton works elsewhere
The trip to work takes 25 minutes on average (Texas 27, U.S. 26). 67 jobs are based in Chilton, and 368 of its residents work somewhere. 0% of workers work from home; Texas has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Chilton apart
Chilton is a place people come home to
There are 67 jobs based in Chilton, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Chilton has about 400 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
41% 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 ↓
One in three of Chilton works in Waco
123 working residents, 33%, have their main job in Waco, 20 miles away. That’s 33 times as many as work in Chilton itself. The commute map ↓
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 368 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Chilton on a workday afternoon
On a workday 364 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 63 people come in from elsewhere.
About 400 people are in Chilton on a workday afternoon, 43% 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.
Half of Chilton commutes less than 22 miles
About 41% 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.
33% of working residents work in Waco
Where Chilton clocks in
4% 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.
In Chilton, 33% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chilton, 2013 → 2023: 68 → 67. 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 Chilton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Chilton takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chilton workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 349 commuters (the 0% 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 Chilton: questions
What is the median household income in Chilton?
$93,875 (±$29,743) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chilton?
18.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chilton?
25 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chilton work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Waco (33%, 20 mi), Temple (5%, 23 mi), Fort Worth (4%, 105 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Chilton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chilton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chilton
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.