Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Comanche’s household incomes are lower than in 85% of U.S. towns
4% of workers work from home (Texas 14%). 25.9% of residents live below the poverty line (Texas 13.8%). For jobs and income Comanche is better than 19% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (B−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Comanche: the figures worth knowing
Comanche trades workers with the towns around it
Comanche has about as many jobs (1,674) as working residents (1,910), but they are mostly different people: 1,418 residents leave for work each day while 1,182 people come in. Only 29% of the jobs in Comanche are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Comanche are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
43% 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 ↓
Few Comanche workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
Inside Comanche’s Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds Comanche’s grade up (2.8%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Comanche could be anywhere from D to C.
The daily flow of workers through Comanche
On a workday 1,418 residents head out to work, 492 work right here, and 1,182 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 (0.88 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.
The trip to work from Comanche: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Comanche workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,063 commuters (the 4% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Comanche
About 43% 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.
5% of working residents work in Brownwood
Where Comanche clocks in
5% of workers
5% 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.
What Comanche’s employers do
1,674 jobs are based in Comanche.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Comanche, 2013 → 2023: 1,496 → 1,674. 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 Comanche’s own residents hold wherever they work.
For most of Comanche, work means a drive
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.6% 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 2,141 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). 5.1% of Comanche households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Comanche’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Comanche is 3,327th among 4,000 U.S. towns of 3,100 to 6,000
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 6 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,325 | Berwick LA | 4,455 | $52K | 18.6% | 5.2% | 7% | C− |
| 3,326 | Harrogate TN | 4,454 | $66K | 12.4% | 5.8% | 14% | C− |
| 3,327 | Comanche TX | 4,420 | $52K | 25.9% | 2.8% | 26% | C− |
| 3,328 | Avondale LA | 4,608 | $49K | 30.9% | 8.6% | 2% | C− |
| 3,329 | Grambling LA | 5,314 | — | 52.4% | 5.3% | 10% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,000 | 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 Comanche, 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 Comanche: questions
What is the median household income in Comanche?
$51,981 (±$5,402) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Comanche?
25.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Comanche?
18 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Comanche work?
26% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brownwood (5%, 25 mi), Fort Worth (5%, 95 mi), Abilene (3%, 77 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Comanche walkable?
Comanche is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Comanche without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Comanche, from the people who make the trip.
More of Comanche
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.