Work & commute · Van Horn

Work & commute in Van Horn, TX

About one in 3 of Van Horn’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are El Paso (5%), Midland (4%) and Marfa (3%). Half commute less than 59 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

237 of 712 working residents

Typical commute

59 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 475 Van Horn residents head out of town to work, 237 work right here, and 336 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Van Horn.

475live here, work elsewhere

237live and work here

336work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Van Horn goes to work

Van Horn (in town)right here

33%237

El Paso109.4 mi away

5%39

Midland174 mi away

4%26

Marfa69.7 mi away

3%24

Houston569.3 mi away

3%19

Odessa157.7 mi away

2%13

Lubbock244.8 mi away

2%12

Big Spring213.6 mi away

1%10

Austin423.8 mi away

1%8

Roswell, NM162.2 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%317

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

How far

How far Van Horn commutes

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

34%

14%

52%

34%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

52%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Van Horn is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Van Horn are

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

Jobs based in Van Horn

573 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Van Horn residents hold

712 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+14%

Jobs based in Van Horn, 2013 → 2023: 504 → 573. 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.