Work & commute · Dimmitt

Work & commute in Dimmitt, TX

Most working residents leave Dimmitt for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Amarillo (9%), Hereford (7%) and Canyon (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

277 of 1,644 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 1,367 Dimmitt residents head out of town to work, 277 work right here, and 522 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dimmitt.

1,367live here, work elsewhere

277live and work here

522work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dimmitt goes to work

Dimmitt (in town)right here

17%277

Amarillo52.7 mi away

9%152

Hereford19.9 mi away

7%107

Canyon37.8 mi away

4%70

Lubbock72 mi away

3%42

Plainview41.3 mi away

2%37

Hart15.5 mi away

1%22

Dumas93 mi away

1%18

Friona24.6 mi away

1%15

San Antonio415.1 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%892

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

How far

How far Dimmitt commutes

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

25%

27%

23%

25%

25%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dimmitt is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dimmitt are

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

Jobs based in Dimmitt

799 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Dimmitt residents hold

1,644 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−22%

Jobs based in Dimmitt, 2013 → 2023: 1,019 → 799. 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.