Work & commute · San Angelo

Work & commute in San Angelo, TX

65% of San Angelo’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Abilene (2%), Austin (2%) and Midland (2%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

65%

24,822 of 38,280 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 13,458 San Angelo residents head out of town to work, 24,822 work right here, and 15,970 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in San Angelo.

13,458live here, work elsewhere

24,822live and work here

15,970work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where San Angelo goes to work

San Angelo (in town)right here

65%24,822

Abilene81.5 mi away

2%900

Austin178.3 mi away

2%651

Midland105.7 mi away

2%595

San Antonio178.4 mi away

1%447

Houston321.9 mi away

1%410

Lubbock168.8 mi away

1%390

Fort Worth203.8 mi away

1%302

Dallas234.9 mi away

1%294

Odessa115.5 mi away

1%248

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%9,221

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

How far

How far San Angelo commutes

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

68%

28%

68%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

San Angelo is balanced between jobs and homes

1.07jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in San Angelo are

40,792 jobs are based in San Angelo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs San Angelo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in San Angelo

40,792 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs San Angelo residents hold

38,280 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+10%

Jobs based in San Angelo, 2013 → 2023: 37,146 → 40,792. 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.