Work & commute · Clarendon

Work & commute in Clarendon, TX

About one in 4 of Clarendon’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Amarillo (13%), Lubbock (4%) and Hedley (2%). Half commute less than 56 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

110 of 468 working residents

Typical commute

56 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 358 Clarendon residents head out of town to work, 110 work right here, and 536 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clarendon.

358live here, work elsewhere

110live and work here

536work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clarendon goes to work

Clarendon (in town)right here

24%110

Amarillo56.1 mi away

13%63

Lubbock110.8 mi away

4%17

Hedley14.1 mi away

2%10

Claude29.1 mi away

2%10

Austin368.8 mi away

2%8

Pampa42.4 mi away

1%7

Wellington38.9 mi away

1%6

Shamrock41.3 mi away

1%6

Canyon58.3 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%225

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

How far

How far Clarendon commutes

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

26%

15%

55%

26%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

55%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clarendon is balanced between jobs and homes

1.38jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Clarendon are

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

Jobs based in Clarendon

646 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Clarendon residents hold

468 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−15%

Jobs based in Clarendon, 2013 → 2023: 762 → 646. 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.