Work & commute · Sanderson

Work & commute in Sanderson, TX

Most working residents leave Sanderson for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Midland (6%), Alpine (5%) and Austin (5%). Half commute less than 146 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 175 working residents

Typical commute

146 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 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 162 Sanderson residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sanderson.

162live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

20work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sanderson goes to work

Sanderson (in town)right here

7%13

Midland130.6 mi away

6%11

Alpine76.4 mi away

5%9

Austin278 mi away

5%9

San Angelo146.4 mi away

5%9

Fort Stockton58.6 mi away

3%6

Lubbock237.6 mi away

3%6

Hobbs, NM183.7 mi away

3%5

Big Spring154.2 mi away

3%5

Del Rio106.1 mi away

3%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%97

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

How far

How far Sanderson commutes

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

92%

8%Under 10 mi

0%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

92%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sanderson is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sanderson are

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

Jobs based in Sanderson

33 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Sanderson residents hold

175 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+3200%

Jobs based in Sanderson, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 33. 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.