Photo: Applejuicefool Roger D. Cline. Creator of artwork on tank unknown. · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs and the daily commute in Coahoma
5% of workers have no commute at all, against 14% across Texas. About one in ten work in Coahoma itself; outside it, Big Spring draws the most (23%, 11 miles). The average commute takes 19 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Coahoma
Coahoma and Big Spring trade workers both ways
Big Spring is the top workplace for Coahoma residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Coahoma come from (34% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
40% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Commutes from Coahoma are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 418 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where people from Coahoma work
Where Coahoma clocks in
11% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Short hops and long hauls from Coahoma
About 40% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Commuting from Coahoma: about 19 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Coahoma workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 283 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who works in Coahoma, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 376 residents head out to work, 42 work right here, and 551 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Coahoma on a workday afternoon, 19% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Most jobs in Coahoma are in services
593 jobs are based in Coahoma.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Coahoma, 2013 → 2023: 169 → 593. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Coahoma’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Coahoma: questions
What is the median household income in Coahoma?
$68,828 (±$15,247) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Coahoma?
7.7%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Coahoma?
19 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Coahoma work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Big Spring (23%, 11 mi), Midland (11%, 51 mi), Abilene (3%, 92 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Coahoma without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Coahoma, from the people who make the trip.
More of Coahoma
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.