Work & commute · Abbott

Work & commute in Abbott, TX

Most working residents leave Abbott for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (10%), Hillsboro (7%) and Fort Worth (7%). Half commute less than 55 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 131 working residents

Typical commute

55 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 130 Abbott residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 111 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Abbott.

130live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

111work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Abbott goes to work

Dallas65.3 mi away

10%13

Hillsboro8.8 mi away

7%9

Fort Worth64 mi away

7%9

Waco23.6 mi away

5%7

Houston176.2 mi away

3%4

Arlington56.4 mi away

3%4

Midlothian40.6 mi away

3%4

Cleburne38 mi away

2%3

West5.8 mi away

2%2

Whitney15.1 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%74

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Abbott commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

15%

12%

18%

56%

15%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

56%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Abbott is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Abbott are

112 jobs are based in Abbott. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Abbott’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Abbott

112 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Abbott residents hold

131 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+22%

Jobs based in Abbott, 2013 → 2023: 92 → 112. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.