Work & commute · Fort Davis

Work & commute in Fort Davis, TX

About one in 5 of Fort Davis’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Midland (6%), Alpine (6%) and El Paso (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

64 of 319 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

6 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 255 Fort Davis residents head out of town to work, 64 work right here, and 308 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Davis.

255live here, work elsewhere

64live and work here

308work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort Davis goes to work

Fort Davis (in town)right here

20%64

Midland145 mi away

6%19

Alpine20.2 mi away

6%18

El Paso173.6 mi away

4%14

Marfa20.1 mi away

4%13

Lubbock237.2 mi away

3%11

Odessa128.3 mi away

2%5

Roswell, NM196.6 mi away

1%4

Valentine35.7 mi away

1%4

Town of Pecos60.2 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%163

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

How far

How far Fort Davis commutes

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

22%

29%

47%

22%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

47%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Davis is balanced between jobs and homes

1.17jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Davis are

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

Jobs based in Fort Davis

372 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Fort Davis residents hold

319 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+16%

Jobs based in Fort Davis, 2013 → 2023: 321 → 372. 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.