Work & commute · Coolidge

Work & commute in Coolidge, TX

Most working residents leave Coolidge for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Waco (13%), Dallas (8%) and Mexia (8%). Half commute less than 60 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 372 working residents

Typical commute

60 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 353 Coolidge residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 425 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coolidge.

353live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

425work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Coolidge goes to work

Waco34.3 mi away

13%49

Dallas72.3 mi away

8%31

Mexia11.1 mi away

8%29

Coolidge (in town)right here

5%19

Fort Worth82 mi away

3%12

Arlington71.2 mi away

3%12

Houston155.1 mi away

2%9

Austin119.7 mi away

2%8

Hubbard10.9 mi away

2%7

Mesquite69.8 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%190

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

How far

How far Coolidge commutes

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

15%

24%

53%

7%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

53%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Coolidge is balanced between jobs and homes

1.19jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Coolidge are

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

Jobs based in Coolidge

444 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Coolidge residents hold

372 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+666%

Jobs based in Coolidge, 2013 → 2023: 58 → 444. 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.