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Work & commute in Fort Bliss, TX

Most working residents leave Fort Bliss for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are El Paso (32%), Las Cruces (3%) and San Antonio (3%). Half commute less than 196 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
5%
55 of 1,030 working residents
Typical commute
196 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
14 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
9%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 975 Fort Bliss residents head out of town to work, 55 work right here, and 4,185 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Bliss.

975live here, work elsewhere
55live and work here
4,185work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Fort Bliss goes to work

Sunland ParkAlbuquerqueLas CrucesHorizon CitySocorroEl PasoDallasSan AntonioMidlandHoustonOdessaLubbockKilleenSparksHomestead Meadows SouthFort BlissEl PasoLas CrucesSan AntonioHoustonDallasMidlandAlbuquerqueLubbockOdessaFort Bliss
1
El Paso3.4 mi away
32%328
2
Fort Bliss (in town)right here
5%55
3
Las Cruces, NM41.5 mi away
3%34
4
San Antonio494.5 mi away
3%34
5
Houston666.8 mi away
3%34
6
Dallas564.7 mi away
2%22
7
Midland250.2 mi away
2%21
8
Albuquerque, NM226.1 mi away
2%17
9
Lubbock286.6 mi away
2%17
10
Odessa236.5 mi away
2%16
Everywhere elseother towns and states
44%452

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

How far

How far Fort Bliss commutes

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

35%Under 10 mi
6%10–24 mi
5%25–50 mi
54%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Bliss is a job hub

4.12jobs per working resident
A job hub

4.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Bliss are

4,240 jobs are based in Fort Bliss. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fort Bliss’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fort Bliss

4,240 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)2%
Trade, transport & utilities9%
Services (health, schools, offices…)88%
$1,250 a month or less8%
$1,251–$3,333 a month18%
Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Fort Bliss residents hold

1,030 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)16%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)65%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month51%
+154%

Jobs based in Fort Bliss, 2013 → 2023: 1,669 → 4,240. 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.

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