Most of Staples commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Staples itself; outside it, San Antonio draws the most (19%, 47 miles). Employers in Staples report 6 jobs, and 108 of its residents work somewhere. The trip to work takes 38 minutes on average, where Texas has 27 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Staples for work, and who comes in
On a workday 108 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 83 people are in Staples on a workday afternoon, 55% 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 Staples’ working residents head each day
Where Staples clocks in
19% of workers
15% of workers
9% 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.
Staples works in goods: 50% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Staples, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 6. 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 Staples’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Staples’ commute takes about 38 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Staples workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 133 commuters (the 14% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Staples
About 23% 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 Staples: questions
What is the median household income in Staples?
$80,833 (±$33,635) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Staples?
0.7%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Staples?
38 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Staples work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Antonio (19%, 47 mi), San Marcos (15%, 10 mi), Seguin (9%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Staples 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 Staples, from the people who make the trip.
More of Staples
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.