Most of Post Oak Bend commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Post Oak Bend; the top destination outside it is Dallas (22%, 28 miles). 32 jobs are based in Post Oak Bend; 305 of its residents have a job. Commuters spend 41 minutes getting to work on average, where Texas has 27 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Post Oak Bend and work: the main findings
Post Oak Bend is a place people come home to
There are 32 jobs based in Post Oak Bend, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Post Oak Bend has about 710 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Post Oak Bend’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Post Oak Bend is Dallas, 28 miles away as the crow flies. 22% of working residents (68) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Post Oak Bend workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 41 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 314 hours of commuting, 107 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 305 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Post Oak Bend on a workday afternoon
On a workday 305 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere.
About 710 people are in Post Oak Bend on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Post Oak Bend’s commute, mile by mile
About 21% 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.
Time on the road from Post Oak Bend: about 41 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Post Oak Bend workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 328 commuters (the 9% 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.
Where Post Oak Bend’s working residents head each day
Where Post Oak Bend clocks in
7% of workers
7% 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.
Jobs in Post Oak Bend: what the 32 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Post Oak Bend, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 32. 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 Post Oak Bend’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Post Oak Bend: questions
What is the median household income in Post Oak Bend?
$121,094 (±$17,888) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Post Oak Bend?
0.6%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Post Oak Bend?
41 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Post Oak Bend work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (22%, 28 mi), Kaufman (7%, 4 mi), Terrell (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Post Oak Bend 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 Post Oak Bend, from the people who make the trip.
More of Post Oak Bend
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.