Work & commute · De Leon

Work & commute in De Leon, TX

About one in 4 of De Leon’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Stephenville (9%), Fort Worth (4%) and Comanche (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

271 of 1,172 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 901 De Leon residents head out of town to work, 271 work right here, and 533 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in De Leon.

901live here, work elsewhere

271live and work here

533work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where De Leon goes to work

De Leon (in town)right here

23%271

Stephenville19.8 mi away

9%100

Fort Worth83.3 mi away

4%52

Comanche15.1 mi away

3%39

Dallas113.4 mi away

3%30

Abilene74.2 mi away

3%30

Dublin11.6 mi away

2%21

Arlington91.8 mi away

2%20

Brownwood37.8 mi away

2%18

Waco87.7 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%577

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

How far

How far De Leon commutes

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

31%

21%

42%

31%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

De Leon is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in De Leon are

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

Jobs based in De Leon

804 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs De Leon residents hold

1,172 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+40%

Jobs based in De Leon, 2013 → 2023: 574 → 804. 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.