Abilene draws about two in three of Tuscola’s working residents
The average commute, 26 minutes each way, matches the Texas norm. 1% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Only 3% work in Tuscola; the top destination outside it is Abilene (63%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Tuscola apart
More than half of Tuscola works in Abilene
230 working residents, 63%, have their main job in Abilene, 17 miles away. That’s 21 times as many as work in Tuscola itself. The commute map ↓
Few Tuscola workers work from home
Only 1% 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 366 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where people from Tuscola work
Where Tuscola clocks in
63% of workers
2% 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.
Each way, about 26 minutes from Tuscola
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tuscola workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 497 commuters (the 1% 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.
Who works in Tuscola, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 355 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 373 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.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Tuscola is a services town
384 jobs are based in Tuscola.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tuscola, 2013 → 2023: 332 → 384. 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 Tuscola’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Tuscola’s commute, mile by mile
About 25% 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 Tuscola: questions
What is the median household income in Tuscola?
$84,931 (±$11,263) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tuscola?
7.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tuscola?
26 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tuscola work?
3% work in town.
Can you get around Tuscola 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 Tuscola, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tuscola
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.