Work & commute · Roscoe

Work & commute in Roscoe, TX

Most working residents leave Roscoe for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Sweetwater (26%), Abilene (6%) and San Angelo (4%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

56 of 461 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 405 Roscoe residents head out of town to work, 56 work right here, and 346 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Roscoe.

405live here, work elsewhere

56live and work here

346work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Roscoe goes to work

Sweetwater7.5 mi away

26%120

Roscoe (in town)right here

12%56

Abilene46.3 mi away

6%27

San Angelo69.3 mi away

4%17

Fort Worth186.8 mi away

3%14

Weatherford162.5 mi away

3%13

Dallas220.5 mi away

2%10

Lubbock110.3 mi away

2%10

Houston355.2 mi away

2%8

Merkel30.4 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%179

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

How far

How far Roscoe commutes

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

40%

12%

42%

40%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Roscoe is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Roscoe are

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

Jobs based in Roscoe

402 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Roscoe residents hold

461 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+25%

Jobs based in Roscoe, 2013 → 2023: 321 → 402. 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.