Work and commuting in Iraan
4% of workers work from home (Texas 14%). Only 5% stay in Iraan for work; outside it, Midland is the main destination (9%, 78 miles). Working residents average 12 minutes each way (Texas 27, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Iraan and work: the main findings
A big share show a job far from home
82% 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 ↓
Iraan’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Iraan is Midland, 78 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (29) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Iraan than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Iraan fell from 536 in 2013 to 182 in 2023, −66%. 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 ↓
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 309 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where in the region Iraan works
About 82% 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.
50% of the jobs in Iraan make or build things
182 jobs are based in Iraan.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Iraan, 2013 → 2023: 536 → 182. 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 Iraan’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Iraan
On a workday 295 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 168 people come in from elsewhere.
About 870 people are in Iraan on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.59 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Iraan ends
Where Iraan clocks in
9% of workers
9% 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.
About 12 minutes to work from Iraan
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Iraan workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 416 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.
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 Iraan: questions
What is the median household income in Iraan?
$43,490 (±$10,526) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Iraan?
16.5%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Iraan?
12 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Iraan work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Midland (9%, 78 mi), Odessa (9%, 72 mi), San Angelo (4%, 93 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Iraan 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 Iraan, from the people who make the trip.
More of Iraan
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.