Work & commute · Amarillo

Work & commute in Amarillo, TX

65% of Amarillo’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Lubbock (4%), Canyon (3%) and Cactus (1%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

65%

55,467 of 85,927 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 30,460 Amarillo residents head out of town to work, 55,467 work right here, and 32,364 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Amarillo.

30,460live here, work elsewhere

55,467live and work here

32,364work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Amarillo goes to work

Amarillo (in town)right here

65%55,467

Lubbock113.2 mi away

4%3,321

Canyon15.3 mi away

3%2,370

Cactus59.2 mi away

1%940

Dallas334.3 mi away

1%678

Austin413.2 mi away

0%406

Dumas46.4 mi away

0%371

Hereford41.5 mi away

0%367

San Antonio440.8 mi away

0%349

Borger39.9 mi away

0%348

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%21,310

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

How far

How far Amarillo commutes

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

70%

10%

17%

70%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Amarillo is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Amarillo are

87,831 jobs are based in Amarillo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Amarillo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Amarillo

87,831 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Amarillo residents hold

85,927 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−8%

Jobs based in Amarillo, 2013 → 2023: 95,239 → 87,831. 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.