Photo: Penny.emm · Public domainWork and commuting in Putnam
Hardly any stay in Putnam for work; outside it, Dallas is the main destination (11%, 144 miles). For 50% of workers, the job is at home, next to 14% for Texas as a whole. The Census job records count 18 working residents of Putnam and no jobs based in it.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Putnam by day and by night
On a workday 18 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 52 people are in Putnam on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.
0.00 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 the trip to work from Putnam ends
Where Putnam clocks in
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.
Working from home in Putnam
of Putnam workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4 commuters (the 50% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Putnam
About 50% 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 Putnam: questions
What is the poverty rate in Putnam?
0.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Putnam work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (11%, 144 mi), Cross Plains (6%, 17 mi), Baird (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Putnam 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 Putnam, from the people who make the trip.
More of Putnam
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.