Work & commute · Stephenville

Work & commute in Stephenville, TX

About one in 3 of Stephenville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Fort Worth (6%), Dallas (4%) and Abilene (3%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34%

3,034 of 8,952 working residents

Typical commute

38 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 5,918 Stephenville residents head out of town to work, 3,034 work right here, and 8,550 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stephenville.

5,918live here, work elsewhere

3,034live and work here

8,550work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stephenville goes to work

Stephenville (in town)right here

34%3,034

Fort Worth64.1 mi away

6%533

Dallas93.7 mi away

4%337

Abilene90.2 mi away

3%271

Granbury30 mi away

2%179

Arlington72.1 mi away

2%139

Austin135.2 mi away

1%134

Waco75.6 mi away

1%114

Irving85.3 mi away

1%103

Houston237.2 mi away

1%92

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%4,016

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

How far

How far Stephenville commutes

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

42%

47%

42%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

47%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stephenville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.29jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.29 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Stephenville are

11,584 jobs are based in Stephenville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Stephenville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Stephenville

11,584 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Stephenville residents hold

8,952 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+10%

Jobs based in Stephenville, 2013 → 2023: 10,564 → 11,584. 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.