Mother Neff State Park and F. A. S. 21-B(1) Historic District · Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0Oglesby has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Oglesby has 23 jobs, against 175 working residents. Only 2% work in Oglesby itself; outside it, Waco draws the most (17%, 21 miles). The average commute takes 31 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
Oglesby on a workday afternoon
On a workday 172 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Oglesby on a workday afternoon, 34% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Oglesby work
Where Oglesby clocks in
15% 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.
Goods, not services: 65% of the jobs in Oglesby
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oglesby, 2013 → 2023: 47 → 23. 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 Oglesby’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Oglesby takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oglesby workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 169 commuters (the 10% 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 Oglesby goes to work
About 31% 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 Oglesby: questions
What is the median household income in Oglesby?
$47,750 (±$14,275) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oglesby?
16.1%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oglesby?
31 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oglesby work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Waco (17%, 21 mi), Gatesville (15%, 14 mi), Temple (11%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Oglesby 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 Oglesby, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oglesby
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.