Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Thrall
Working from home is the commute for 7% of workers (Texas 14%). Only 3% work in Thrall itself; outside it, Austin draws the most (27%, 34 miles). The average commute takes 33 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Thrall, in a few figures
Thrall’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Thrall is Austin, 34 miles away as the crow flies. 27% of working residents (119) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Thrall workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 448 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The commute from Thrall, by distance
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.
Commuting from Thrall: about 33 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Thrall workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 355 commuters (the 7% 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.
How many people are in Thrall by day
On a workday 435 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 282 people come in from elsewhere.
About 730 people are in Thrall on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.66 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 Thrall goes to work
Where Thrall clocks in
27% of workers
9% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
295 jobs are based in Thrall.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Thrall, 2013 → 2023: 192 → 295. 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 Thrall’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 Thrall: questions
What is the median household income in Thrall?
$76,094 (±$23,860) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Thrall?
10.4%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Thrall?
33 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Thrall work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Austin (27%, 34 mi), Taylor (9%, 8 mi), Round Rock (6%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Thrall without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Thrall, from the people who make the trip.
More of Thrall
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.