Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 3.0Lometa has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Lometa report 50 jobs, and 335 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% work in Lometa itself; outside it, Lampasas draws the most (11%, 16 miles). Home is the office for 5% 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
The commute and the jobs: Lometa in brief
A big share show a job far from home
53% 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 ↓
Lometa is a place people come home to
There are 50 jobs based in Lometa, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lometa has about 510 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Lometa are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 77 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 335 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Half of Lometa commutes less than 57 miles
About 53% 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 works in Lometa, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 327 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere.
About 510 people are in Lometa on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
How long Lometa spends getting to work: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lometa workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 343 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.
Where the trip to work from Lometa ends
Where Lometa clocks in
11% of workers
10% 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 kinds of work in Lometa
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lometa, 2013 → 2023: 56 → 50. 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 Lometa’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 Lometa: questions
What is the median household income in Lometa?
$54,750 (±$20,773) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lometa?
13.5%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lometa?
17 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lometa work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lampasas (11%, 16 mi), Austin (10%, 74 mi), Copperas Cove (5%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lometa without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lometa, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lometa
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.