Work & commute · Blanket

Work & commute in Blanket, TX

Most working residents leave Blanket for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Brownwood (32%), Early (4%) and Comanche (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 133 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 124 Blanket residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 95 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blanket.

124live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

95work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blanket goes to work

Brownwood13.4 mi away

32%42

Blanket (in town)right here

7%9

Early10.3 mi away

4%5

Comanche12.1 mi away

4%5

Austin121.9 mi away

3%4

San Antonio163.9 mi away

3%4

Waco95.8 mi away

2%3

De Leon24.8 mi away

2%2

Temple96.4 mi away

2%2

Zephyr10 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%55

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

How far

How far Blanket commutes

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

12%

50%

36%

12%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blanket is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Blanket are

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

Jobs based in Blanket

104 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Blanket residents hold

133 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+44%

Jobs based in Blanket, 2013 → 2023: 72 → 104. 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.