Work & commute · Eastland

Work & commute in Eastland, TX

About one in 4 of Eastland’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Cisco (5%), Fort Worth (5%) and Abilene (4%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

401 of 1,635 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 1,234 Eastland residents head out of town to work, 401 work right here, and 1,390 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eastland.

1,234live here, work elsewhere

401live and work here

1,390work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eastland goes to work

Eastland (in town)right here

25%401

Cisco9.6 mi away

5%89

Fort Worth89.5 mi away

5%86

Abilene53.8 mi away

4%64

Dallas122.4 mi away

3%57

Ranger9.5 mi away

3%48

Stephenville37.2 mi away

2%37

Brownwood48.5 mi away

2%25

Breckenridge25.1 mi away

1%22

Austin158.3 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%784

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

How far

How far Eastland commutes

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

42%

45%

42%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

45%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eastland is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Eastland are

1,791 jobs are based in Eastland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Eastland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Eastland

1,791 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Eastland residents hold

1,635 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−12%

Jobs based in Eastland, 2013 → 2023: 2,041 → 1,791. 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.