Work & commute · Oilton

Work & commute in Oilton, TX

Most working residents leave Oilton for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Laredo (41%), Bruni (8%) and Hebbronville (6%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 51 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

48 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 51 Oilton residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oilton.

51live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

87work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oilton goes to work

Laredo32.6 mi away

41%21

Bruni8.8 mi away

8%4

Hebbronville19.9 mi away

6%3

Corpus Christi111.6 mi away

4%2

El Paso540.5 mi away

4%2

San Antonio140.3 mi away

4%2

Fulton125 mi away

2%1

Castle Hills144.6 mi away

2%1

Hondo130.8 mi away

2%1

Boerne160.7 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%13

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

How far

How far Oilton commutes

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

47%

39%

8%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

47%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oilton is a job hub

1.71jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Oilton are

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

Jobs based in Oilton

87 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)99%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)1%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Oilton residents hold

51 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month33%

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.