Work & commute · Abernathy

Work & commute in Abernathy, TX

Most working residents leave Abernathy for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Lubbock (45%), Amarillo (4%) and Plainview (2%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

142 of 1,168 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,026 Abernathy residents head out of town to work, 142 work right here, and 548 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Abernathy.

1,026live here, work elsewhere

142live and work here

548work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Abernathy goes to work

Lubbock18.4 mi away

45%525

Abernathy (in town)right here

12%142

Amarillo94.9 mi away

4%51

Plainview26.2 mi away

2%21

Dallas302.1 mi away

2%18

Shallowater12.3 mi away

1%13

Midland125.5 mi away

1%13

Levelland34 mi away

1%12

Houston470.9 mi away

1%11

Odessa137.5 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%354

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Abernathy commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

16%

50%

27%

16%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Abernathy is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.59 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Abernathy are

690 jobs are based in Abernathy. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Abernathy’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Abernathy

690 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Abernathy residents hold

1,168 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+31%

Jobs based in Abernathy, 2013 → 2023: 525 → 690. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.