Work & commute · Robert Lee

Work & commute in Robert Lee, TX

About one in 4 of Robert Lee’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are San Angelo (27%), Austin (4%) and Midland (2%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

79 of 301 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 222 Robert Lee residents head out of town to work, 79 work right here, and 143 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Robert Lee.

222live here, work elsewhere

79live and work here

143work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Robert Lee goes to work

San Angelo31.5 mi away

27%80

Robert Lee (in town)right here

26%79

Austin195.6 mi away

4%11

Midland95.9 mi away

2%6

Abilene58.3 mi away

2%6

San Antonio204.5 mi away

1%4

Lubbock141.1 mi away

1%4

Fort Worth193.1 mi away

1%3

Bronte11.2 mi away

1%2

Ballinger32.9 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%104

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

How far

How far Robert Lee commutes

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

29%

32%

34%

29%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Robert Lee is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Robert Lee are

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

Jobs based in Robert Lee

222 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Robert Lee residents hold

301 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+8%

Jobs based in Robert Lee, 2013 → 2023: 206 → 222. 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.