Work & commute · Comanche

Work & commute in Comanche, TX

About one in 4 of Comanche’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Brownwood (5%), Fort Worth (5%) and Abilene (3%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

492 of 1,910 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 1,418 Comanche residents head out of town to work, 492 work right here, and 1,182 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Comanche.

1,418live here, work elsewhere

492live and work here

1,182work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Comanche goes to work

Comanche (in town)right here

26%492

Brownwood25.4 mi away

5%94

Fort Worth95.3 mi away

5%86

Abilene76.6 mi away

3%64

Stephenville31.3 mi away

3%61

Dallas123.7 mi away

3%53

San Antonio168.5 mi away

2%30

Austin121.6 mi away

1%20

Hamilton31.6 mi away

1%19

Houston240.3 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%972

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

How far

How far Comanche commutes

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

38%

13%

43%

38%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Comanche is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Comanche are

1,674 jobs are based in Comanche. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Comanche’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Comanche

1,674 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Comanche residents hold

1,910 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+12%

Jobs based in Comanche, 2013 → 2023: 1,496 → 1,674. 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.