Work & commute · Lawn

Work & commute in Lawn, TX

Most working residents leave Lawn for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Abilene (48%), Tuscola (11%) and Austin (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 131 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

46 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 130 Lawn residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lawn.

130live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

5work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lawn goes to work

Abilene22 mi away

48%63

Tuscola5.9 mi away

11%14

Austin173.3 mi away

5%6

Lubbock158.5 mi away

3%4

Arlington158 mi away

2%3

Tye22.8 mi away

2%2

Brownwood54 mi away

2%2

Grand Prairie163.6 mi away

2%2

Odessa153.1 mi away

2%2

Lawn (in town)right here

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%32

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

How far

How far Lawn commutes

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

13%

57%

27%

13%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lawn is a commuter town

0.05jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lawn are

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

Jobs based in Lawn

6 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Lawn residents hold

131 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−63%

Jobs based in Lawn, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 6. 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.