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Work & commute · Rising Star

Work & commute in Rising Star, TX

Most working residents leave Rising Star for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Brownwood (6%), Fort Worth (6%) and Dallas (5%). Half commute less than 48 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
14%
42 of 291 working residents
Typical commute
48 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
17 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
6%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 249 Rising Star residents head out of town to work, 42 work right here, and 153 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rising Star.

249live here, work elsewhere
42live and work here
153work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Rising Star goes to work

Cross PlainsRising StarDe LeonBairdEastlandCiscoColemanRangerBrownwoodMineral WellsAustinDallasFort WorthWacoAbileneThunderbird BayBrownwoodFort WorthDallasAbileneAustinCiscoCross PlainsWacoEastlandRising Star
1
Rising Star (in town)right here
14%42
2
Brownwood26.6 mi away
6%18
3
Fort Worth105.5 mi away
6%17
4
Dallas137 mi away
5%14
5
Abilene51.4 mi away
4%12
6
Austin143.5 mi away
4%11
7
Cisco20 mi away
3%9
8
Cross Plains11.8 mi away
2%7
9
Waco110.8 mi away
2%7
10
Eastland22.8 mi away
2%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
51%148

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

How far

How far Rising Star commutes

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

22%Under 10 mi
13%10–24 mi
16%25–50 mi
49%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Rising Star is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rising Star are

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

Jobs based in Rising Star

195 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)23%
Trade, transport & utilities7%
Services (health, schools, offices…)71%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month58%
Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Rising Star residents hold

291 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)21%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month38%
Over $3,333 a month44%
+25%

Jobs based in Rising Star, 2013 → 2023: 156 → 195. 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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