Work & commute · Alpine

Work & commute in Alpine, TX

49% of Alpine’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Marfa (4%), Odessa (3%) and Midland (3%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

49%

1,254 of 2,537 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 1,283 Alpine residents head out of town to work, 1,254 work right here, and 1,228 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alpine.

1,283live here, work elsewhere

1,254live and work here

1,228work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alpine goes to work

Alpine (in town)right here

49%1,254

Marfa21.8 mi away

4%94

Odessa130.6 mi away

3%76

Midland146.8 mi away

3%72

El Paso193.1 mi away

3%67

Marathon27.4 mi away

2%59

Study Butte71.4 mi away

2%46

Fort Davis20.2 mi away

2%43

Lubbock244.2 mi away

2%39

Presidio69.6 mi away

1%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%750

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

How far

How far Alpine commutes

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

51%

38%

51%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alpine is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Alpine are

2,482 jobs are based in Alpine. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alpine’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Alpine

2,482 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Alpine residents hold

2,537 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+8%

Jobs based in Alpine, 2013 → 2023: 2,298 → 2,482. 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.