Rowena has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
13 jobs are based in Rowena, and 133 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Rowena for work; outside it, San Angelo is the main destination (32%, 28 miles). 0% of workers work from home; Texas has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Rowena
On a workday 133 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
About 79 people are in Rowena on a workday afternoon, 60% 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.
Out of Rowena to work: where people go
Where Rowena clocks in
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.
Factories, building and farms: 92% of the jobs in Rowena
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rowena, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 13. 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 Rowena’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Rowena, about 23 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rowena workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 122 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.
How far Rowena’s workers travel
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 Rowena: questions
What is the median household income in Rowena?
$59,632 (±$18,185) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rowena?
8.5%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rowena?
23 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rowena work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Angelo (32%, 28 mi), Ballinger (9%, 8 mi), Miles (8%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Rowena 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 Rowena, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rowena
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.