Work & commute · Cactus

Work & commute in Cactus, TX

50% of Cactus’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Dumas (8%), Amarillo (6%) and Lubbock (2%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

50%

465 of 925 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 460 Cactus residents head out of town to work, 465 work right here, and 3,555 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cactus.

460live here, work elsewhere

465live and work here

3,555work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cactus goes to work

Cactus (in town)right here

50%465

Dumas12.8 mi away

8%70

Amarillo59.2 mi away

6%59

Lubbock171.7 mi away

2%19

Dalhart28.2 mi away

1%11

Dallas373.7 mi away

1%11

Pampa67.8 mi away

1%7

Irving361.7 mi away

1%7

Vernon201.5 mi away

1%6

Borger43.1 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%264

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

How far

How far Cactus commutes

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

56%

30%

56%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cactus is a job hub

4.35jobs per working resident

A job hub

4.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Cactus are

4,020 jobs are based in Cactus. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cactus’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cactus

4,020 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)86%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Cactus residents hold

925 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)63%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+3657%

Jobs based in Cactus, 2013 → 2023: 107 → 4,020. 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.