Work & commute · Buffalo Gap

Work & commute in Buffalo Gap, TX

Most working residents leave Buffalo Gap for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Abilene (60%), Tuscola (6%) and San Angelo (2%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 246 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 242 Buffalo Gap residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 381 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buffalo Gap.

242live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

381work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buffalo Gap goes to work

Abilene13.1 mi away

60%148

Tuscola5.4 mi away

6%15

San Angelo68.5 mi away

2%5

Buffalo Gap (in town)right here

2%4

Dallas182.1 mi away

2%4

Fort Worth148.8 mi away

1%3

Houston314.7 mi away

1%3

Cross Plains40.5 mi away

1%2

Gatesville135.7 mi away

1%2

Sweetwater35.9 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%58

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

How far

How far Buffalo Gap commutes

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

29%

45%

23%

29%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buffalo Gap is a job hub

1.57jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Buffalo Gap are

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

Jobs based in Buffalo Gap

385 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)82%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Buffalo Gap residents hold

246 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−1%

Jobs based in Buffalo Gap, 2013 → 2023: 390 → 385. 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.