Most of Woodsboro commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
1% of workers have no commute at all, where Texas as a whole has 14%. 208 jobs are based in Woodsboro, and 449 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Woodsboro are B for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Woodsboro: the figures worth knowing
Woodsboro’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Woodsboro is Corpus Christi, 35 miles away as the crow flies. 16% of working residents (72) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
40% 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 ↓
Few Woodsboro workers work from home
Only 1% 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 449 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Woodsboro’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Woodsboro is better than 60% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Woodsboro’s grade up (4.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 24% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (4.9%) is left out: Woodsboro’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Woodsboro could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
How far it is to work from Woodsboro
About 40% 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.
About 24 minutes each way, quicker than most of Texas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Woodsboro workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 623 commuters (the 1% 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 Woodsboro by day
On a workday 410 residents head out to work, 39 work right here, and 169 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Woodsboro on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
16% of working residents work in Corpus Christi
Where Woodsboro clocks in
16% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
Woodsboro makes things: 30% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Woodsboro, 2013 → 2023: 232 → 208. 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 Woodsboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Woodsboro is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Woodsboro is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, above the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 630 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Woodsboro households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Woodsboro’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700, Woodsboro comes 1,236th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 27 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,234 | Potomac Heights MD | 1,351 | $72K | 9.5% | 5.2% | 1% | B |
| 1,235 | Apple Creek OH | 1,183 | $71K | 7.5% | 2.2% | 5% | B |
| 1,236 | Woodsboro TX | 1,277 | $82K | 4.3% | 4.9% | 9% | B |
| 1,237 | Clinton Township IN | 1,529 | $106K | 13.4% | 6.4% | 5% | B |
| 1,238 | Grant Township KS | 1,317 | $85K | 6.0% | 5.3% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Woodsboro, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
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 Woodsboro: questions
What is the median household income in Woodsboro?
$81,914 (±$13,715) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Woodsboro?
4.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Woodsboro?
24 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Woodsboro work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Corpus Christi (16%, 35 mi), Houston (6%, 158 mi), Tivoli (5%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Woodsboro walkable?
Woodsboro is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 10.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Woodsboro 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 Woodsboro, from the people who make the trip.
More of Woodsboro
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.