Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0Schulenburg draws 1,994 commuters a day, with 2.0 jobs for every working resident
2,396 jobs are based in Schulenburg; 1,214 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Schulenburg are D for jobs and income and B for walkability. Household incomes here are lower than in 86% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Schulenburg
Schulenburg’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Schulenburg is Austin, 66 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (101) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Schulenburg is where the jobs are
Schulenburg has 2,396 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 4,000 people are in town, 42% more than the 2,800 who live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
41% 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 ↓
Schulenburg makes and builds things
40% of the jobs based in Schulenburg are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Schulenburg residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 26%. The jobs ↓
Schulenburg has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Schulenburg went from 1,692 in 2013 to 2,396 in 2023, +42%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Schulenburg’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Schulenburg is better than 13% of U.S. towns, #571 of 642 in Texas. Unemployment holds Schulenburg’s grade up (5.3%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($51,294, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Schulenburg could be anywhere from D− to B−.
The commute from Schulenburg, by distance
About 41% 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.
Who commutes out of Schulenburg, and who commutes in
On a workday 812 residents head out to work and 402 work right here.
About 4,000 people are in Schulenburg on a workday afternoon, 42% more 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.
Schulenburg makes things: 40% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Schulenburg, 2013 → 2023: 1,692 → 2,396. 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 Schulenburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who travels to work in Schulenburg, and from where
Where Schulenburg clocks in
8% of workers
4% 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.
About 22 minutes to work from Schulenburg
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Schulenburg workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,043 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.
Getting around Schulenburg: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Schulenburg is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns, #170 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Schulenburg near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,163 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). 9.8% of Schulenburg households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Schulenburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
Schulenburg next to U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800: 4,018th of 4,703 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,016 | Owensville MO | 2,802 | $49K | 22.7% | 4.2% | 27% | D |
| 4,017 | El Dorado Springs MO | 3,642 | $32K | 28.4% | 2.6% | 27% | D |
| 4,018 | Schulenburg TX | 2,837 | $51K | 17.2% | 5.3% | 33% | D |
| 4,019 | Homer Township MI | 2,897 | $55K | 23.2% | 5.5% | 16% | D |
| 4,020 | Worth Township MI | 3,423 | $61K | 13.4% | 7.0% | 10% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Schulenburg, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
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 Schulenburg: questions
What is the median household income in Schulenburg?
$51,294 (±$13,776) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Schulenburg?
17.2%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Schulenburg?
22 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Schulenburg work?
33% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Austin (8%, 66 mi), Weimar (4%, 8 mi), Houston (4%, 91 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Schulenburg walkable?
Schulenburg is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Schulenburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Schulenburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Schulenburg
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.