Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0For more than half of its working residents, Creedmoor is a commute to Austin
Only 2% work in Creedmoor itself; outside it, Austin draws the most (53%, 16 miles). Commuters spend 36 minutes getting to work on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. There are 1,235 jobs in Creedmoor for 251 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Creedmoor
Creedmoor fills up on a workday
Creedmoor has 1,235 jobs, 4.9 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,400 people are in town, 3 times the 400 who live here. Day and night ↓
Creedmoor makes and builds things
94% of the jobs based in Creedmoor are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Creedmoor residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 14%. The jobs ↓
More than half of Creedmoor works in Austin
132 working residents, 53%, have their main job in Austin, 16 miles away. That’s 27 times as many as work in Creedmoor 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 251 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Creedmoor on a workday afternoon
On a workday 247 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 1,231 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Creedmoor on a workday afternoon, 245% more than live here.
4.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Factories, building and farms: 94% of the jobs in Creedmoor
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Creedmoor, 2013 → 2023: 405 → 1,235. 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 Creedmoor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Creedmoor’s workforce comes from
Where Creedmoor clocks in
53% 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.
How long Creedmoor spends getting to work: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Creedmoor workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 183 commuters (the 20% 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.
How far it is to work from Creedmoor
About 20% 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.
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 Creedmoor: questions
What is the median household income in Creedmoor?
$52,426 (±$33,807) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Creedmoor?
12.7%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Creedmoor?
36 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Creedmoor work?
2% work in town.
Can you get around Creedmoor without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Creedmoor, from the people who make the trip.
More of Creedmoor
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.