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Work & commute · Lometa

Work & commute in Lometa, TX

Most working residents leave Lometa for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Lampasas (11%), Austin (10%) and Copperas Cove (5%). Half commute less than 57 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
8 of 335 working residents
Typical commute
57 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
17 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
5%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 327 Lometa residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lometa.

327live here, work elsewhere
8live and work here
42work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Lometa goes to work

LometaSan SabaHenriettaLampasasGatesvilleBurnetCopperas CoveLockhartBig SpringSchertzAustinTempleDallasSan AntonioWacoKilleenLampasasAustinCopperas CoveWacoKilleenDallasSan AntonioSan SabaTempleLometa
1
Lampasas16.3 mi away
11%38
2
Austin73.9 mi away
10%34
3
Copperas Cove29.1 mi away
5%17
4
Waco74.8 mi away
3%11
5
Killeen40.2 mi away
3%11
6
Lometa (in town)right here
2%8
7
Dallas144.7 mi away
2%8
8
San Antonio121.4 mi away
2%8
9
San Saba19.4 mi away
2%7
10
Temple59.9 mi away
2%7
Everywhere elseother towns and states
56%186

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

How far

How far Lometa commutes

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

7%Under 10 mi
21%10–24 mi
19%25–50 mi
53%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Lometa is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lometa are

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

Jobs based in Lometa

50 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)6%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)76%
$1,250 a month or less30%
$1,251–$3,333 a month42%
Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Lometa residents hold

335 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)57%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month50%
−11%

Jobs based in Lometa, 2013 → 2023: 56 → 50. 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.

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