State Highway 23 Bridge at the Clear Fork of the Brazos River · Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0Woodson has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Woodson report 56 jobs; 105 of its residents have a job. Only 5% stay in Woodson for work; outside it, Throckmorton is the main destination (29%, 14 miles). At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (Texas 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Woodson
On a workday 100 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 51 people come in from elsewhere.
About 190 people are in Woodson on a workday afternoon, 21% 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 the trip to work from Woodson ends
Where Woodson clocks in
5% of workers
4% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 52% of the jobs in Woodson
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Woodson, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 56. 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 Woodson’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Woodson: about 13 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Woodson workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 221 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Woodson
About 42% 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 Woodson: questions
What is the median household income in Woodson?
$68,167 (±$30,583) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Woodson?
23.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Woodson?
13 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Woodson work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Throckmorton (29%, 14 mi), Olney (5%, 30 mi), Graham (4%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Woodson 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 Woodson, from the people who make the trip.
More of Woodson
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.