Photo: Aualliso · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer people are out of work in Ozona (3.3%) than in 65% of U.S. towns
Ozona grades C+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Texas as a whole has 14%. About one in four work in Ozona; the top destination outside it is Midland (7%, 106 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Ozona
A big share show a job far from home
59% 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 ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Ozona than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Ozona fell from 809 in 2013 to 532 in 2023, −34%. 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 ↓
Few Ozona workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 715 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Ozona’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ozona is better than 43% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Ozona’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 2% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ozona could be anywhere from D− to A−.
Near or far: the trip to work from Ozona
About 59% 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.
30% of the jobs in Ozona make or build things
532 jobs are based in Ozona.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ozona, 2013 → 2023: 809 → 532. 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 Ozona’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 20 minutes from Ozona
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ozona workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,230 commuters (the 0% 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.
A workday in Ozona: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 520 residents head out to work, 195 work right here, and 337 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
0.74 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.
The places Ozona commutes to
Where Ozona clocks in
7% 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.
In Ozona, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ozona is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Ozona near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,230 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Ozona households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ozona’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ozona is 2,565th of 4,995 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Southside Place TX | 1,916 | $163K | 5.0% | 5.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Bartonville TX | 1,937 | $149K | 4.3% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,563 | Jackson Township PA | 1,847 | $69K | 6.4% | 5.0% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,564 | Stallion Springs CA | 2,937 | $87K | 5.0% | 5.8% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,565 | Ozona TX | 2,405 | $82K | 8.9% | 3.3% | 27% | C+ |
| 2,566 | Henry IL | 2,280 | $66K | 14.1% | 2.7% | 15% | C+ |
| 2,567 | Union ME | 2,444 | $81K | 10.2% | 3.2% | 9% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Ozona, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
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 Ozona: questions
What is the median household income in Ozona?
$81,622 (±$43,694) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ozona?
8.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ozona?
20 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ozona work?
27% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Midland (7%, 106 mi), San Angelo (6%, 68 mi), Lubbock (3%, 201 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ozona walkable?
Ozona is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ozona 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 Ozona, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ozona
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.