Most of Garwood commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Garwood; the top destination outside it is Houston (21%, 66 miles). Garwood has 56 jobs for 233 working residents. Home is the office for 5% of workers, where Texas as a whole has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Garwood, in a few figures
A big share show a job far from home
61% 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 ↓
Garwood’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Garwood is Houston, 66 miles away as the crow flies. 21% of working residents (49) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Garwood than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Garwood fell from 566 in 2014 to 56 in 2024, −90%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 233 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Miles to work from Garwood
About 61% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Garwood works in goods: 59% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Garwood, 2014 → 2024: 566 → 56. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Garwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Garwood
On a workday 231 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere.
About 210 people are in Garwood on a workday afternoon, 46% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Garwood’s working residents head each day
Where Garwood clocks in
21% 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.
About 30 minutes to work from Garwood
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Garwood workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 202 commuters (the 5% 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 Garwood compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Garwood workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garwood | – | — | — | 30 min | $62,024 |
| Nada | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Nada: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Garwood’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Garwood: questions
What is the median household income in Garwood?
$62,024 (±$12,778) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Garwood?
0.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Garwood?
30 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Garwood work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (21%, 66 mi), Sheridan (6%, 16 mi), San Antonio (3%, 127 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Garwood 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 Garwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Garwood
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.