Work & commute · Blackwell

Work & commute in Blackwell, TX

Most working residents leave Blackwell for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Sweetwater (23%), Roscoe (7%) and Merkel (4%). Half commute less than 43 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 115 working residents

Typical commute

43 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 114 Blackwell residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blackwell.

114live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

21work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blackwell goes to work

Sweetwater27.1 mi away

23%26

Roscoe27.6 mi away

7%8

Merkel32.1 mi away

4%5

Weatherford156 mi away

4%5

San Angelo45.2 mi away

4%5

Abilene42.5 mi away

3%4

Midland105.1 mi away

3%3

Sterling City42.6 mi away

2%2

Childress162.4 mi away

2%2

Big Spring69 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%53

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

How far

How far Blackwell commutes

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

51%

44%

1%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

51%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blackwell is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blackwell are

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

Jobs based in Blackwell

22 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less68%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Blackwell residents hold

115 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+175%

Jobs based in Blackwell, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 22. 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.