Work & commute · Tuscola

Work & commute in Tuscola, TX

Most working residents leave Tuscola for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Abilene (63%), Austin (2%) and Dallas (2%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 366 working residents

Typical commute

17 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 355 Tuscola residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 373 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tuscola.

355live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

373work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tuscola goes to work

Abilene17.1 mi away

63%230

Tuscola (in town)right here

3%11

Austin179 mi away

2%9

Dallas181.2 mi away

2%6

Midland136.1 mi away

2%6

Fort Worth148.1 mi away

1%5

Irving170.7 mi away

1%5

Brownwood59.2 mi away

1%3

Waco159.6 mi away

1%3

Odessa150.9 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%85

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

How far

How far Tuscola commutes

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

66%

25%

7%Under 10 mi

66%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tuscola is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Tuscola are

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

Jobs based in Tuscola

384 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Tuscola residents hold

366 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+16%

Jobs based in Tuscola, 2013 → 2023: 332 → 384. 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.