Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Coleman earn less than those in 98% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Coleman is near the bottom of U.S. towns (D−); for walkability it is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (B−). Poverty touches 24.7% of residents (Texas 13.8%). About half work in Coleman itself; outside it, Brownwood draws the most (5%, 27 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Coleman: the gist
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Coleman’s working residents have a job less than 3 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 36 minutes, longer than the Texas average of 27. Time on the road ↓
Most jobs in Coleman go to people who live here
Of the 1,516 jobs based in Coleman, 50% are held by Coleman residents. In most towns, people from elsewhere hold most of the local jobs. Day and night ↓
Fewer than half of Coleman workers earn over $40,000 a year
44% of Coleman’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 18% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% 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 ↓
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.
Inside Coleman’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Coleman is near the bottom of U.S. towns, #638 of 642 in Texas. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Coleman’s grade.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Coleman could be anywhere from D− to C−.
The trip to work from Coleman: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Coleman workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,417 commuters (the 9% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Coleman
On a workday 743 residents head out to work, 764 work right here, and 752 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 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.
Inside Coleman’s 1,516 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Coleman, 2013 → 2023: 1,564 → 1,516. 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 Coleman’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Coleman
About 33% 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.
Where Coleman’s working residents head each day
Where Coleman clocks in
5% of workers
3% 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.
The commute in Coleman is mostly behind the wheel
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,561 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 13.4% of Coleman households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Coleman’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Coleman sits among U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| 4 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 5 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,136 | Ferriday LA | 2,984 | $28K | 55.0% | 21.4% | 15% | D− |
| 4,137 | Denmark SC | 3,059 | $27K | 35.1% | 20.4% | 10% | D− |
| 4,138 | Coleman TX | 3,991 | $35K | 24.7% | 11.6% | 51% | D− |
| 4,139 | Ashburn GA | 4,211 | $30K | 26.3% | 20.3% | 17% | D− |
| 4,140 | South Taft CA | 2,939 | $43K | 35.0% | 13.6% | 3% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,177 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Coleman, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
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 Coleman: questions
What is the median household income in Coleman?
$34,613 (±$11,727) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Coleman?
24.7%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Coleman?
36 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Coleman work?
51% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brownwood (5%, 27 mi), San Antonio (3%, 172 mi), Austin (3%, 145 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Coleman walkable?
Coleman is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Coleman without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Coleman, from the people who make the trip.
More of Coleman
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.