Photo: KenB · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Moulton
For 8% of workers, the job is at home, where Texas as a whole has 14%. Only 6% work in Moulton; the top destination outside it is Houston (15%, 106 miles). The trip to work takes 25 minutes on average (Texas 27, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Moulton: the figures worth knowing
Moulton’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Moulton is Houston, 107 miles away as the crow flies. 15% of working residents (52) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
53% 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 ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Moulton than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Moulton fell from 399 in 2013 to 246 in 2023, −38%. 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 348 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How far it is to work from Moulton
About 53% 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.
The kinds of work in Moulton
246 jobs are based in Moulton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Moulton, 2013 → 2023: 399 → 246. 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 Moulton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Moulton, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 326 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 224 people come in from elsewhere.
About 750 people are in Moulton on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.71 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.
Where Moulton’s working residents head each day
Where Moulton clocks in
15% of workers
8% 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.
Getting to work from Moulton takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Moulton workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 354 commuters (the 8% 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 Moulton: questions
What is the median household income in Moulton?
$58,421 (±$9,259) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Moulton?
14.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Moulton?
25 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Moulton work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (15%, 106 mi), Schulenburg (8%, 16 mi), Victoria (5%, 52 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Moulton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Moulton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Moulton
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.