Photo: Pete unseth · CC BY-SA 4.0Work and commuting in Tivoli
Commuters spend 22 minutes getting to work on average; the Texas average is 27, the U.S. 26. At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (Texas 14%). Only 3% work in Tivoli itself; outside it, Woodsboro draws the most (13%, 31 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Tivoli
On a workday 147 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 99 people come in from elsewhere.
About 390 people are in Tivoli on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.68 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 Tivoli goes to work
Where Tivoli clocks in
11% 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.
Jobs in Tivoli: what the 104 are
104 jobs are based in Tivoli.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tivoli, 2013 → 2023: 73 → 104. 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 Tivoli’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes each way for Tivoli’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tivoli workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 196 commuters (the 0% 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 far Tivoli’s workers travel
About 53% 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 Tivoli: questions
What is the median household income in Tivoli?
$74,250 (±$21,636) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tivoli?
3.7%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tivoli?
22 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tivoli work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Woodsboro (13%, 31 mi), Corpus Christi (11%, 52 mi), Refugio (6%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Tivoli 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 Tivoli, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tivoli
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.