Work & commute · Cross Plains

Work & commute in Cross Plains, TX

Most working residents leave Cross Plains for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Baird (11%), Abilene (8%) and Clyde (5%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 281 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 260 Cross Plains residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 320 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cross Plains.

260live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

320work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cross Plains goes to work

Baird22.9 mi away

11%32

Abilene40.4 mi away

8%22

Cross Plains (in town)right here

7%21

Clyde27.6 mi away

5%15

Dallas147.2 mi away

5%15

Brownwood30.7 mi away

5%13

Fort Worth115.2 mi away

2%7

Cisco21 mi away

2%6

Coleman25.4 mi away

2%6

Austin151.4 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%139

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

How far

How far Cross Plains commutes

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

20%

30%

41%

9%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cross Plains is balanced between jobs and homes

1.21jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cross Plains are

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

Jobs based in Cross Plains

341 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Cross Plains residents hold

281 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−6%

Jobs based in Cross Plains, 2013 → 2023: 363 → 341. 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.