Work & commute · Gorman

Work & commute in Gorman, TX

Most working residents leave Gorman for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Eastland (6%), Stephenville (6%) and Fort Worth (5%). Half commute less than 62 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32 of 412 working residents

Typical commute

62 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 380 Gorman residents head out of town to work, 32 work right here, and 190 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gorman.

380live here, work elsewhere

32live and work here

190work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gorman goes to work

Gorman (in town)right here

8%32

Eastland15.6 mi away

6%24

Stephenville26.4 mi away

6%23

Fort Worth86.5 mi away

5%20

Dallas118 mi away

4%15

Abilene64.4 mi away

3%13

De Leon10.7 mi away

3%12

Ranger17.7 mi away

2%10

Cisco21.7 mi away

2%9

Austin143 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%247

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

How far

How far Gorman commutes

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

10%

28%

53%

10%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

53%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gorman is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gorman are

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

Jobs based in Gorman

222 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)57%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Gorman residents hold

412 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−13%

Jobs based in Gorman, 2013 → 2023: 255 → 222. 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.