Work & commute · Coahoma

Work & commute in Coahoma, TX

Most working residents leave Coahoma for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Big Spring (23%), Midland (11%) and Abilene (3%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

42 of 418 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 376 Coahoma residents head out of town to work, 42 work right here, and 551 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coahoma.

376live here, work elsewhere

42live and work here

551work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Coahoma goes to work

Big Spring11.1 mi away

23%95

Midland50.6 mi away

11%47

Coahoma (in town)right here

10%42

Abilene92.3 mi away

3%11

Snyder37 mi away

2%7

San Angelo77.6 mi away

2%7

Odessa67.1 mi away

2%7

San Antonio256 mi away

1%5

Fort Worth233.1 mi away

1%4

Lubbock93.8 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%189

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

How far

How far Coahoma commutes

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

28%

21%

11%

40%

28%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Coahoma is balanced between jobs and homes

1.42jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Coahoma are

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

Jobs based in Coahoma

593 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Coahoma residents hold

418 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+251%

Jobs based in Coahoma, 2013 → 2023: 169 → 593. 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.