Work & commute · Rule

Work & commute in Rule, TX

Most working residents leave Rule for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Haskell (14%), Abilene (9%) and Stamford (5%). Half commute less than 55 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 222 working residents

Typical commute

55 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 211 Rule residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 106 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rule.

211live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

106work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rule goes to work

Haskell9.5 mi away

14%30

Abilene51.1 mi away

9%19

Stamford19.5 mi away

5%12

Rule (in town)right here

5%11

Knox City16.9 mi away

5%11

Fort Worth150 mi away

3%7

Big Spring113.2 mi away

3%6

Weatherford126.8 mi away

3%6

Austin235.5 mi away

3%6

Anson29.5 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%110

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

How far

How far Rule commutes

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

19%

17%

57%

19%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

57%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rule is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rule are

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

Jobs based in Rule

117 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Rule residents hold

222 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+21%

Jobs based in Rule, 2013 → 2023: 97 → 117. 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.