Work & commute · Chico

Work & commute in Chico, TX

Most working residents leave Chico for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Worth (10%), Bridgeport (9%) and Decatur (7%). Half commute less than 42 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 408 working residents

Typical commute

42 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 399 Chico residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 359 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chico.

399live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

359work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chico goes to work

Fort Worth44.1 mi away

10%41

Bridgeport5.9 mi away

9%37

Decatur13.2 mi away

7%27

Irving56.8 mi away

4%18

Denton38.4 mi away

3%14

Bowie18.2 mi away

2%10

Wichita Falls59.4 mi away

2%10

Chico (in town)right here

2%9

Farmers Branch59 mi away

1%5

Gainesville44.3 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%232

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

How far

How far Chico commutes

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

19%

16%

27%

38%

19%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chico is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Chico are

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

Jobs based in Chico

368 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Chico residents hold

408 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−50%

Jobs based in Chico, 2013 → 2023: 735 → 368. 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.