Work & commute · Carlsbad

Work & commute in Carlsbad, TX

Most working residents leave Carlsbad for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are San Angelo (49%), Grape Creek (4%) and San Antonio (2%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 231 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 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 231 Carlsbad residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carlsbad.

231live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

10work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carlsbad goes to work

San Angelo16.2 mi away

49%114

Grape Creek5.9 mi away

4%9

San Antonio194.6 mi away

2%4

Midland91 mi away

2%4

Abilene78.7 mi away

2%4

Lubbock153.1 mi away

1%3

Mertzon26.4 mi away

1%2

Big Spring65.8 mi away

1%2

Round Rock191.5 mi away

1%2

Plano248.1 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%85

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

How far

How far Carlsbad commutes

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

56%

32%

9%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carlsbad is a commuter town

0.04jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Carlsbad are

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

Jobs based in Carlsbad

10 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less60%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Carlsbad residents hold

231 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−99%

Jobs based in Carlsbad, 2013 → 2023: 884 → 10. 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.