Work & commute · Roby

Work & commute in Roby, TX

Most working residents leave Roby for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Sweetwater (18%), Abilene (10%) and Rotan (4%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 251 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 233 Roby residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 107 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Roby.

233live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

107work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Roby goes to work

Sweetwater19.2 mi away

18%44

Abilene42.4 mi away

10%24

Roby (in town)right here

7%18

Rotan9 mi away

4%10

Snyder31 mi away

4%9

Fort Worth176.1 mi away

4%9

Weatherford151.9 mi away

3%8

San Antonio252 mi away

2%6

San Angelo90.3 mi away

2%6

Colorado City36.8 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%113

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

How far

How far Roby commutes

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

14%

26%

20%

39%

14%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Roby is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Roby are

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

Jobs based in Roby

125 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Roby residents hold

251 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+2%

Jobs based in Roby, 2013 → 2023: 123 → 125. 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.