Work & commute · Gail

Work & commute in Gail, TX

Most working residents leave Gail for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Midland (7%), Big Spring (4%) and Odessa (4%). Half commute less than 63 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

20 of 144 working residents

Typical commute

63 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

10 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 124 Gail residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 76 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gail.

124live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

76work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gail goes to work

Gail (in town)right here

14%20

Midland64.1 mi away

7%10

Big Spring36.6 mi away

4%6

Odessa80.3 mi away

4%6

San Angelo108.9 mi away

3%5

Lamesa29 mi away

3%4

Sweetwater64.3 mi away

3%4

Houston413.2 mi away

3%4

Abilene102.3 mi away

3%4

Anson90.6 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%78

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

How far

How far Gail commutes

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

17%

11%

19%

53%

17%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

53%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gail is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gail are

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

Jobs based in Gail

96 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Gail residents hold

144 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+12%

Jobs based in Gail, 2013 → 2023: 86 → 96. 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.