Most of Westbrook commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
6 jobs are based in Westbrook, against 74 working residents. Only 1% work in Westbrook; the top destination outside it is Colorado City (16%, 10 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 14% for Texas as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Westbrook: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 73 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Westbrook on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
The towns that employ Westbrook’s residents
Where Westbrook clocks in
16% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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.
Most jobs in Westbrook are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Westbrook, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 6. 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 Westbrook’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 31 minutes to work from Westbrook
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Westbrook workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 67 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Westbrook
About 54% 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 Westbrook: questions
What is the poverty rate in Westbrook?
1.7%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Westbrook?
31 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Westbrook work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Colorado City (16%, 10 mi), Abilene (7%, 75 mi), Snyder (5%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Westbrook 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 Westbrook, from the people who make the trip.
More of Westbrook
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.