Work & commute · Ballinger

Work & commute in Ballinger, TX

45% of Ballinger’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are San Angelo (13%), Abilene (4%) and Midland (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45%

687 of 1,542 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 855 Ballinger residents head out of town to work, 687 work right here, and 943 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ballinger.

855live here, work elsewhere

687live and work here

943work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ballinger goes to work

Ballinger (in town)right here

45%687

San Angelo35.7 mi away

13%205

Abilene51 mi away

4%58

Midland128.1 mi away

3%46

Lubbock168.8 mi away

2%29

Houston302.8 mi away

2%25

Coleman32 mi away

1%16

Brownwood57.5 mi away

1%16

Winters14.5 mi away

1%15

Big Spring96.1 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%430

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

How far

How far Ballinger commutes

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

47%

18%

31%

47%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ballinger is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ballinger are

1,630 jobs are based in Ballinger. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ballinger’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ballinger

1,630 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Ballinger residents hold

1,542 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−9%

Jobs based in Ballinger, 2013 → 2023: 1,786 → 1,630. 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.