Work & commute · Childress

Work & commute in Childress, TX

46% of Childress’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Amarillo (6%), Quanah (3%) and Lubbock (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

46%

791 of 1,717 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 926 Childress residents head out of town to work, 791 work right here, and 822 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Childress.

926live here, work elsewhere

791live and work here

822work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Childress goes to work

Childress (in town)right here

46%791

Amarillo102.5 mi away

6%108

Quanah32.3 mi away

3%57

Lubbock110 mi away

3%56

Clarendon49 mi away

2%29

Plainview84 mi away

2%28

Canyon100.5 mi away

2%27

Tulia85.3 mi away

1%22

Shamrock53.9 mi away

1%19

Dallas231.9 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%561

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

How far

How far Childress commutes

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

50%

42%

50%Under 10 mi

1%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Childress is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Childress are

1,613 jobs are based in Childress. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Childress’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Childress

1,613 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Childress residents hold

1,717 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+3%

Jobs based in Childress, 2013 → 2023: 1,570 → 1,613. 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.