Work & commute · Dumas

Work & commute in Dumas, TX

About one in 3 of Dumas’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Cactus (21%), Amarillo (10%) and Lubbock (2%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

2,170 of 7,520 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 5,350 Dumas residents head out of town to work, 2,170 work right here, and 2,120 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dumas.

5,350live here, work elsewhere

2,170live and work here

2,120work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dumas goes to work

Dumas (in town)right here

29%2,170

Cactus12.8 mi away

21%1,543

Amarillo46.4 mi away

10%716

Lubbock159 mi away

2%144

Borger34.5 mi away

2%128

Dalhart33.5 mi away

2%120

Sunray13.4 mi away

1%76

Plainview116.3 mi away

1%60

Pampa60.2 mi away

1%49

Dallas364.5 mi away

1%49

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%2,465

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

How far

How far Dumas commutes

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

33%

29%

19%

33%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dumas is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dumas are

4,290 jobs are based in Dumas. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dumas’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dumas

4,290 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Dumas residents hold

7,520 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+30%

Jobs based in Dumas, 2013 → 2023: 3,299 → 4,290. 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.