Work & commute · Terlingua

Work & commute in Terlingua, TX

Most working residents leave Terlingua for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Alpine (14%), Marathon (14%) and Hutchins (5%). Half commute less than 73 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 21 working residents

Typical commute

73 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 20 Terlingua residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 83 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Terlingua.

20live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

83work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Terlingua goes to work

Alpine74.6 mi away

14%3

Marathon67.8 mi away

14%3

Hutchins468.5 mi away

5%1

Dallas470.5 mi away

5%1

Fort Worth440.9 mi away

5%1

Midland208.3 mi away

5%1

Houston493.7 mi away

5%1

University Park, NM279.1 mi away

5%1

Study Butte4.2 mi away

5%1

Terlingua (in town)right here

5%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%7

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

How far

How far Terlingua commutes

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

29%

71%

29%Under 10 mi

0%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

71%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Terlingua is a job hub

4.00jobs per working resident

A job hub

4.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Terlingua are

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

Jobs based in Terlingua

84 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Terlingua residents hold

21 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month38%

−18%

Jobs based in Terlingua, 2013 → 2023: 103 → 84. 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.