Work & commute · Coleman

Work & commute in Coleman, TX

51% of Coleman’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Brownwood (5%), San Antonio (3%) and Austin (3%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

51%

764 of 1,507 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 743 Coleman residents head out of town to work, 764 work right here, and 752 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coleman.

743live here, work elsewhere

764live and work here

752work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Coleman goes to work

Coleman (in town)right here

51%764

Brownwood27.4 mi away

5%79

San Antonio172.1 mi away

3%48

Austin144.8 mi away

3%42

Santa Anna8.7 mi away

2%35

Houston277.9 mi away

2%27

Dallas168.7 mi away

1%20

Fort Worth137.8 mi away

1%20

Abilene46.9 mi away

1%18

Waco132.6 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%442

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

How far

How far Coleman commutes

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

54%

10%

33%

54%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Coleman is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Coleman are

1,516 jobs are based in Coleman. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Coleman’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Coleman

1,516 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Coleman residents hold

1,507 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−3%

Jobs based in Coleman, 2013 → 2023: 1,564 → 1,516. 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.