Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs, income and commuting in Nordheim, TX
Working from home is the commute for 2% of workers; Texas has 14%. Only 3% work in Nordheim itself; outside it, San Antonio draws the most (10%, 66 miles). Commuters spend 31 minutes getting to work on average, 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
Nordheim by day and by night
On a workday 115 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 163 people come in from elsewhere.
About 390 people are in Nordheim on a workday afternoon, 14% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 per resident).
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 out of Nordheim: the destinations
Where Nordheim clocks in
10% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
95% of the jobs in Nordheim make or build things
166 jobs are based in Nordheim.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nordheim, 2013 → 2023: 179 → 166. 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 Nordheim’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Nordheim: about 31 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nordheim workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 160 commuters (the 2% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Nordheim
About 58% 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 Nordheim: questions
What is the median household income in Nordheim?
$34,201 (±$6,545) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nordheim?
15.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nordheim?
31 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nordheim work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Antonio (10%, 66 mi), Cuero (7%, 23 mi), Yorktown (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Nordheim without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Nordheim, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nordheim
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.