With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Moran works elsewhere
Employers in Moran report 16 jobs, against 99 working residents. Hardly any work in Moran itself; outside it, Abilene draws the most (20%, 34 miles). The average commute takes 44 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
Moran by day and by night
On a workday 99 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Moran on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
Commuting out of Moran: the destinations
Where Moran clocks in
20% of workers
11% of workers
6% 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 Moran
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Moran, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 16. 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 Moran’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 44 minutes in Moran
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Moran workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 130 commuters (the 8% 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.
How far it is to work from Moran
About 42% 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.
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 Moran: questions
What is the median household income in Moran?
$63,846 (±$30,006) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Moran?
21.6%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Moran?
44 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Moran work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Abilene (20%, 34 mi), Albany (11%, 14 mi), Fort Worth (6%, 107 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Moran 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 Moran, from the people who make the trip.
More of Moran
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.