Work & commute · Loraine

Work & commute in Loraine, TX

Most working residents leave Loraine for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Colorado City (19%), Sweetwater (7%) and Snyder (6%). Half commute less than 44 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 181 working residents

Typical commute

44 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 179 Loraine residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Loraine.

179live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

33work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Loraine goes to work

Colorado City8.5 mi away

19%35

Sweetwater18.2 mi away

7%13

Snyder24.1 mi away

6%11

San Angelo68.6 mi away

4%8

Fort Worth197.5 mi away

4%7

Abilene56.9 mi away

3%6

Coahoma35.7 mi away

2%3

Austin227.4 mi away

2%3

Dallas231.2 mi away

2%3

Lubbock104.9 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%89

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

How far

How far Loraine commutes

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

23%

20%

49%

23%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

49%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Loraine is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Loraine are

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

Jobs based in Loraine

35 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities57%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month86%

Jobs Loraine residents hold

181 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−54%

Jobs based in Loraine, 2013 → 2023: 76 → 35. 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.