With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Como works elsewhere
111 jobs are based in Como; 260 of its residents have a job. Only 2% stay in Como for work; outside it, Sulphur Springs is the main destination (24%, 10 miles). Home is the office for 1% of workers, next to 14% for Texas as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Como, in a few figures
Fewer jobs are based in Como than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Como fell from 316 in 2013 to 111 in 2023, −65%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Como and Sulphur Springs trade workers both ways
Sulphur Springs is the top workplace for Como residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Como come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
36% 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; with 260 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Goods jobs make up 82% of work in Como
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Como, 2013 → 2023: 316 → 111. 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 Como’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The places Como commutes to
Where Como clocks in
24% 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.
Where in the region Como works
About 36% 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.
Who commutes out of Como, and who commutes in
On a workday 254 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 105 people come in from elsewhere.
About 610 people are in Como on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Getting to work from Como takes about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Como workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 232 commuters (the 1% 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.
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 Como: questions
What is the median household income in Como?
$57,500 (±$28,178) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Como?
26.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Como?
35 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Como work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sulphur Springs (24%, 10 mi), Mount Pleasant (3%, 30 mi), Dallas (3%, 77 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Como 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 Como, from the people who make the trip.
More of Como
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.