Laredo draws about two in five of Oilton’s working residents
Hardly any stay in Oilton for work; outside it, Laredo is the main destination (41%, 33 miles). Commuters spend 48 minutes getting to work on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 87 jobs are based in Oilton for 51 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Oilton
On a workday 51 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Oilton on a workday afternoon, 36% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Who travels to work in Oilton, and from where
Where Oilton clocks in
41% 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.
A place that makes things: 99% of Oilton’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Oilton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Oilton’s commute takes about 48 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oilton workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 28 commuters (the 18% 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 Oilton
About 39% 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 Oilton: questions
What is the poverty rate in Oilton?
24.8%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oilton?
48 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oilton work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Oilton 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 Oilton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oilton
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.