Work & commute · Bushland

Work & commute in Bushland, TX

Most working residents leave Bushland for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Amarillo (55%), Canyon (4%) and Lubbock (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 991 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 982 Bushland residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 189 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bushland.

982live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

189work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bushland goes to work

Amarillo12.9 mi away

55%550

Canyon16.7 mi away

4%37

Lubbock113.8 mi away

3%34

Dallas345.8 mi away

1%10

Bushland (in town)right here

1%9

Borger48.6 mi away

1%5

Houston539.3 mi away

1%5

Boys Ranch25.4 mi away

1%5

Panhandle39.5 mi away

0%4

San Antonio447 mi away

0%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%328

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

How far

How far Bushland commutes

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

31%

44%

17%

31%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bushland is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bushland are

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

Jobs based in Bushland

198 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities52%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Bushland residents hold

991 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+241%

Jobs based in Bushland, 2013 → 2023: 58 → 198. 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.