Work & commute · Earth

Work & commute in Earth, TX

Most working residents leave Earth for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Lubbock (14%), Muleshoe (8%) and Amarillo (6%). Half commute less than 47 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 337 working residents

Typical commute

47 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 315 Earth residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 93 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Earth.

315live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

93work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Earth goes to work

Lubbock55.2 mi away

14%46

Muleshoe18.2 mi away

8%27

Earth (in town)right here

7%22

Amarillo74.4 mi away

6%21

Olton16 mi away

6%19

Sudan13.3 mi away

2%6

Portales, NM54.2 mi away

1%5

Springlake5.9 mi away

1%5

Canyon59.2 mi away

1%5

Clovis, NM47 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%177

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

How far

How far Earth commutes

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

13%

29%

10%

48%

13%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

48%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Earth is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Earth are

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

Jobs based in Earth

115 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)12%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Earth residents hold

337 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+2%

Jobs based in Earth, 2013 → 2023: 113 → 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.