Work & commute · Monahans

Work & commute in Monahans, TX

About one in 3 of Monahans’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Odessa (9%), Midland (8%) and Southwest Sandhill (5%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

1,134 of 3,641 working residents

Typical commute

33 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 2,507 Monahans residents head out of town to work, 1,134 work right here, and 1,619 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monahans.

2,507live here, work elsewhere

1,134live and work here

1,619work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Monahans goes to work

Monahans (in town)right here

31%1,134

Odessa45.7 mi away

9%328

Midland61.9 mi away

8%282

Southwest Sandhill13.1 mi away

5%189

Town of Pecos32.4 mi away

2%90

Houston475.1 mi away

2%61

Lubbock147.9 mi away

2%61

Kermit12.5 mi away

1%53

Pyote9.6 mi away

1%39

West Odessa36.2 mi away

1%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,369

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

How far

How far Monahans commutes

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

42%

20%

33%

42%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Monahans is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Monahans are

2,753 jobs are based in Monahans. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Monahans’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Monahans

2,753 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Monahans residents hold

3,641 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+49%

Jobs based in Monahans, 2013 → 2023: 1,844 → 2,753. 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.