Work & commute · Cool

Work & commute in Cool, TX

Most working residents leave Cool for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Worth (18%), Weatherford (12%) and Mineral Wells (8%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 106 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 106 Cool residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 47 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cool.

106live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

47work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cool goes to work

Fort Worth38.6 mi away

18%19

Weatherford14.6 mi away

12%13

Mineral Wells4.1 mi away

8%8

Dallas72.4 mi away

3%3

Millsap3.3 mi away

2%2

Peaster9 mi away

2%2

Hurst48.4 mi away

2%2

Grapevine55.2 mi away

2%2

Plano75.4 mi away

2%2

Austin173.4 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%51

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

How far

How far Cool commutes

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

20%

29%

31%

20%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cool is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cool are

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

Jobs based in Cool

47 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Cool residents hold

106 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+38%

Jobs based in Cool, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 47. 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.