Work & commute · Utopia

Work & commute in Utopia, TX

Most working residents leave Utopia for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Uvalde (16%), San Antonio (9%) and Sabinal (8%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 74 working residents

Typical commute

40 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 72 Utopia residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 82 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Utopia.

72live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

82work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Utopia goes to work

Uvalde32.4 mi away

16%12

San Antonio60.4 mi away

9%7

Sabinal21.1 mi away

8%6

Hondo28.2 mi away

4%3

Austin115.1 mi away

4%3

Eagle Pass86.3 mi away

3%2

Kerrville36.6 mi away

3%2

Del Rio84.1 mi away

3%2

Corpus Christi191.8 mi away

3%2

Utopia (in town)right here

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%33

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

How far

How far Utopia commutes

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

16%

26%

50%

8%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

50%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Utopia is balanced between jobs and homes

1.14jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Utopia are

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

Jobs based in Utopia

84 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)10%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Utopia residents hold

74 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−34%

Jobs based in Utopia, 2013 → 2023: 127 → 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.