Work & commute · Strawn

Work & commute in Strawn, TX

Most working residents leave Strawn for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Mineral Wells (5%), Stephenville (4%) and Dallas (4%). Half commute less than 42 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 208 working residents

Typical commute

42 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 193 Strawn residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Strawn.

193live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

58work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Strawn goes to work

Strawn (in town)right here

7%15

Mineral Wells30.8 mi away

5%11

Stephenville28.3 mi away

4%9

Dallas102.1 mi away

4%9

San Angelo137.7 mi away

4%8

Palo Pinto19.1 mi away

3%6

Ranger11.8 mi away

2%5

Weatherford44.9 mi away

2%5

Austin161.7 mi away

2%5

Gordon7.6 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%131

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

How far

How far Strawn commutes

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

15%

16%

23%

46%

15%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

46%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Strawn is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Strawn are

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

Jobs based in Strawn

73 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less40%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month21%

Jobs Strawn residents hold

208 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−28%

Jobs based in Strawn, 2013 → 2023: 101 → 73. 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.