Work & commute · Rotan

Work & commute in Rotan, TX

About one in 4 of Rotan’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Abilene (6%), Sweetwater (6%) and Roby (3%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

157 of 569 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 412 Rotan residents head out of town to work, 157 work right here, and 265 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rotan.

412live here, work elsewhere

157live and work here

265work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rotan goes to work

Rotan (in town)right here

28%157

Abilene50.5 mi away

6%34

Sweetwater26.8 mi away

6%32

Roby9 mi away

3%17

Snyder27.7 mi away

3%17

Fort Worth181 mi away

3%16

San Angelo97.6 mi away

3%15

Hamlin19.5 mi away

2%11

Austin238 mi away

2%11

Dallas214.8 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%250

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

How far

How far Rotan commutes

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

38%

18%

40%

38%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rotan 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 Rotan are

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

Jobs based in Rotan

422 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Rotan residents hold

569 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−12%

Jobs based in Rotan, 2013 → 2023: 480 → 422. 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.