Riley's Tavern · Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Redwood has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
For jobs and income Redwood is better than 69% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (C−). There are 215 jobs in Redwood, against 1,701 working residents. Home is the office for 2% of workers; Texas has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Redwood, in brief
Redwood is a place people come home to
There are 215 jobs based in Redwood, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Redwood has about 2,000 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Redwood and San Marcos trade workers both ways
San Marcos is the top workplace for Redwood residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Redwood come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Redwood workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
Where Redwood’s Jobs & income grade comes from
The poverty rate holds Redwood’s grade up (2.2%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (7.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Redwood could be anywhere from B− to A+.
A workday in Redwood: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,658 residents head out to work, 43 work right here, and 172 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Redwood on a workday afternoon, 43% 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.
26% of working residents work in San Marcos
Where Redwood clocks in
26% of workers
15% of workers
10% 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.
Commuting from Redwood: 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 Redwood workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,734 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.
Making and building: 63% of jobs based in Redwood
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Redwood, 2013 → 2023: 98 → 215. 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 Redwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Redwood to work
About 20% 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.
Few in Redwood walk, bike or ride to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.0% across Texas, on an EPA index of 3.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,778 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.7% of Redwood households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Redwood’s commuters take a bus or train.
Redwood next to U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600: 1,280th of 4,402 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,278 | Washington Township OH | 4,415 | $87K | 7.5% | 3.4% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,279 | Cayuga Heights NY | 3,860 | $167K | 11.2% | 3.6% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,280 | Redwood TX | 3,441 | $89K | 2.2% | 7.7% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,281 | Strasburg OH | 2,759 | $64K | 9.9% | 0.3% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,282 | Carey OH | 3,529 | $75K | 7.3% | 1.0% | 23% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Redwood, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Work next door: 26% of Redwood’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Redwood workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redwood | – | B+ | C− | 31 min | $88,693 |
| San Marcos | 26% | C+ | A− | 24 min | $51,281 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to San Marcos. Darker towns draw more of Redwood’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Redwood: questions
What is the median household income in Redwood?
$88,693 (±$12,247) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Redwood?
2.2%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Redwood?
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 Redwood work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Marcos (26%, 5 mi), San Antonio (15%, 44 mi), Austin (10%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Redwood walkable?
Redwood is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Redwood 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 Redwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Redwood
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.