Photo: Mike Geissinger · Public domainJobs and earnings in Stonewall, and the trip to work
144 jobs are based in Stonewall; 193 of its residents have a job. Only 3% work in Stonewall; the top destination outside it is Fredericksburg (33%, 13 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 19 minutes, next to 27 for Texas and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Stonewall by day and by night
On a workday 188 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 139 people come in from elsewhere.
About 250 people are in Stonewall on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.75 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Stonewall work
Where Stonewall clocks in
33% of workers
13% of workers
6% 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.
Stonewall works in goods: 62% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stonewall, 2013 → 2023: 90 → 144. 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 Stonewall’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Stonewall: about 19 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stonewall workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 158 commuters (the 12% 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.
Where in the region Stonewall works
About 35% 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 Stonewall: questions
What is the poverty rate in Stonewall?
31.6%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stonewall?
19 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stonewall work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fredericksburg (33%, 13 mi), San Antonio (13%, 55 mi), Austin (6%, 54 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Stonewall 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 Stonewall, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stonewall
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.