Work & commute · Sonora

Work & commute in Sonora, TX

About one in 3 of Sonora’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are San Angelo (12%), Midland (3%) and Eldorado (3%). Half commute less than 60 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

295 of 1,032 working residents

Typical commute

60 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 737 Sonora residents head out of town to work, 295 work right here, and 390 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sonora.

737live here, work elsewhere

295live and work here

390work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sonora goes to work

Sonora (in town)right here

29%295

San Angelo61.2 mi away

12%124

Midland132.8 mi away

3%34

Eldorado20.3 mi away

3%31

Odessa135.4 mi away

3%28

Lubbock219.2 mi away

2%18

San Antonio148 mi away

1%15

Houston318.4 mi away

1%13

Ozona34.9 mi away

1%13

Big Lake64.6 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%449

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

How far

How far Sonora commutes

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

33%

55%

33%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

55%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sonora is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sonora are

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

Jobs based in Sonora

685 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Sonora residents hold

1,032 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−58%

Jobs based in Sonora, 2013 → 2023: 1,624 → 685. 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.