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Work & commute in Dell, TX

Most working residents leave Dell for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are El Paso (23%), Fort Hancock (6%) and Sierra Blanca (5%). Half commute less than 64 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 66 working residents

Typical commute

64 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 62 Dell residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 111 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dell.

62live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

111work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dell goes to work

El Paso72.5 mi away

23%15

Dell City (in town)right here

6%4

Fort Hancock58.6 mi away

6%4

Sierra Blanca52.6 mi away

5%3

Carlsbad, NM64.7 mi away

3%2

Fabens62.1 mi away

3%2

Dexter, NM99.6 mi away

2%1

Hobbs, NM131.1 mi away

2%1

Clint65 mi away

2%1

Van Horn65.4 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%32

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

How far

How far Dell commutes

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

12%

80%

8%Under 10 mi

0%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

80%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dell is a job hub

1.74jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dell are

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

Jobs based in Dell

115 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Dell residents hold

66 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−29%

Jobs based in Dell, 2013 → 2023: 161 → 115. 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.