Work & commute · Booker

Work & commute in Booker, TX

About one in 5 of Booker’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Perryton (18%), Shamrock (8%) and Amarillo (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

85 of 382 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 297 Booker residents head out of town to work, 85 work right here, and 466 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Booker.

297live here, work elsewhere

85live and work here

466work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Booker goes to work

Booker (in town)right here

22%85

Perryton15 mi away

18%68

Shamrock87.3 mi away

8%30

Amarillo112.9 mi away

4%14

Darrouzett12.1 mi away

3%13

Lubbock214 mi away

2%8

Canadian38.8 mi away

2%7

Follett22.3 mi away

1%5

Beaver, OK24.8 mi away

1%4

Dumas89.5 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%144

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

How far

How far Booker commutes

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

25%

30%

40%

25%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Booker is balanced between jobs and homes

1.44jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.44 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Booker are

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

Jobs based in Booker

551 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)68%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Booker residents hold

382 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−21%

Jobs based in Booker, 2013 → 2023: 700 → 551. 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.