Runge has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Home is the office for 2% of workers; Texas has 14%. 125 jobs are based in Runge; 328 of its residents have a job. Only 6% stay in Runge for work; outside it, San Antonio is the main destination (17%, 63 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Runge stands out on work
A big share show a job far from home
59% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Runge’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Runge is San Antonio, 63 miles away as the crow flies. 17% of working residents (56) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Few Runge workers work from home
Only 2% 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; with 328 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How far it is to work from Runge
About 59% 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.
Getting to work from Runge takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Runge workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 402 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.
Who commutes out of Runge, and who commutes in
On a workday 309 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 106 people come in from elsewhere.
About 750 people are in Runge on a workday afternoon, 21% 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 Runge work
Where Runge clocks in
17% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
The kinds of work in Runge
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Runge, 2013 → 2023: 172 → 125. 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 Runge’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 Runge: questions
What is the poverty rate in Runge?
53.2%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Runge?
23 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Runge work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Antonio (17%, 63 mi), Austin (5%, 98 mi), Kenedy (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Runge without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Runge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Runge
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.