Work & commute · Iraan

Work & commute in Iraan, TX

Most working residents leave Iraan for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Midland (9%), Odessa (9%) and San Angelo (4%). Half commute less than 76 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 309 working residents

Typical commute

76 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 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 295 Iraan residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 168 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Iraan.

295live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

168work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Iraan goes to work

Midland77.8 mi away

9%29

Odessa71.8 mi away

9%27

Iraan (in town)right here

5%14

San Angelo93.1 mi away

4%13

Town of Pecos101.4 mi away

3%9

Lubbock183 mi away

3%9

Big Lake32.8 mi away

3%8

McCamey24.3 mi away

2%6

Fort Stockton58.4 mi away

2%6

Houston395.9 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%182

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

How far

How far Iraan commutes

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

82%

8%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

82%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Iraan is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Iraan are

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

Jobs based in Iraan

182 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)14%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Iraan residents hold

309 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−66%

Jobs based in Iraan, 2013 → 2023: 536 → 182. 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.