Work means San Antonio for more than half of Macdona’s working residents
At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (Texas 14%). Hardly any stay in Macdona for work; outside it, San Antonio is the main destination (56%, 14 miles). The average commute takes 21 minutes each way, 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
Macdona at work: what stands out
More than half of Macdona works in San Antonio
115 working residents, 56%, have their main job in San Antonio, 14 miles away. That’s far more as work in Macdona itself. The commute map ↓
Macdona is a place people come home to
There are 8 jobs based in Macdona, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Macdona has about 150 people in it, 56% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Macdona workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 204 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Commuting out of Macdona: the destinations
Where Macdona clocks in
56% of workers
5% 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.
Who works in Macdona, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 203 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Macdona on a workday afternoon, 56% fewer than live here.
0.04 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Commuting from Macdona: about 21 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Macdona workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 98 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.
Most jobs in Macdona are in services
8 jobs are based in Macdona.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Macdona’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Macdona
About 17% 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 Macdona: questions
What is the median household income in Macdona?
$83,500 (±$52,674) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Macdona?
20.6%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Macdona?
21 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Macdona work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Antonio (56%, 14 mi), Austin (5%, 88 mi), Castle Hills (1%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Macdona 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 Macdona, from the people who make the trip.
More of Macdona
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.