Snook at work: jobs, income and the commute
Commuters spend 32 minutes getting to work on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Only 5% stay in Snook for work; outside it, Bryan is the main destination (15%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Snook and work: the main findings
A big share show a job far from home
48% 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 ↓
Snook and Bryan trade workers both ways
Bryan is the top workplace for Snook residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Snook come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Snook 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; with 251 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How far Snook’s workers travel
About 48% 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.
The places Snook commutes to
Where Snook clocks in
15% of workers
11% 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.
A commute of about 32 minutes in Snook
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Snook workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 485 commuters (the 3% 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.
A workday in Snook: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 238 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 223 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What Snook’s employers do
236 jobs are based in Snook.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Snook, 2013 → 2023: 153 → 236. 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 Snook’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 Snook: questions
What is the median household income in Snook?
$81,893 (±$24,421) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Snook?
15.4%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Snook?
32 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Snook work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bryan (15%, 13 mi), Houston (11%, 81 mi), College Station (10%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Snook without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Snook, from the people who make the trip.
More of Snook
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.