Work & commute · Big Spring

Work & commute in Big Spring, TX

About one in 3 of Big Spring’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Midland (10%), Odessa (5%) and San Angelo (3%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

3,099 of 10,091 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 6,992 Big Spring residents head out of town to work, 3,099 work right here, and 4,214 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Big Spring.

6,992live here, work elsewhere

3,099live and work here

4,214work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Big Spring goes to work

Big Spring (in town)right here

31%3,099

Midland39.6 mi away

10%1,021

Odessa56.1 mi away

5%495

San Angelo82 mi away

3%280

Abilene103.1 mi away

3%277

Lubbock94.4 mi away

2%239

Houston398.7 mi away

2%215

Coahoma11.1 mi away

2%202

San Antonio260 mi away

1%128

Stanton19.4 mi away

1%104

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%4,031

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

How far

How far Big Spring commutes

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

41%

17%

39%

41%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Big Spring is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.72 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Big Spring are

7,313 jobs are based in Big Spring. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Big Spring’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Big Spring

7,313 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Big Spring residents hold

10,091 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−21%

Jobs based in Big Spring, 2013 → 2023: 9,235 → 7,313. 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.