Work & commute · Bronte

Work & commute in Bronte, TX

Most working residents leave Bronte for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are San Angelo (26%), Ballinger (5%) and Abilene (4%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

36 of 280 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 244 Bronte residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 188 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bronte.

244live here, work elsewhere

36live and work here

188work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bronte goes to work

San Angelo32.1 mi away

26%72

Bronte (in town)right here

13%36

Ballinger22.4 mi away

5%15

Abilene51 mi away

4%12

Austin186.1 mi away

4%11

Robert Lee11.2 mi away

3%7

Winters20.2 mi away

2%6

San Antonio197.7 mi away

2%5

Houston325.2 mi away

2%5

Big Spring73.8 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%107

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

How far

How far Bronte commutes

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

14%

35%

37%

14%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bronte is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bronte are

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

Jobs based in Bronte

224 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Bronte residents hold

280 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+42%

Jobs based in Bronte, 2013 → 2023: 158 → 224. 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.