Work & commute · Farwell

Work & commute in Farwell, TX

Most working residents leave Farwell for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Amarillo (5%), Lubbock (5%) and Muleshoe (3%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

44 of 396 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 352 Farwell residents head out of town to work, 44 work right here, and 445 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Farwell.

352live here, work elsewhere

44live and work here

445work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Farwell goes to work

Farwell (in town)right here

11%44

Amarillo88.6 mi away

5%20

Lubbock87 mi away

5%18

Muleshoe20.7 mi away

3%12

Friona25.1 mi away

2%8

Dallas377.2 mi away

2%8

Bovina12.5 mi away

2%7

Wichita Falls260.1 mi away

1%4

Austin418 mi away

1%4

Dalhart119.3 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%268

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

How far

How far Farwell commutes

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

19%

27%

15%

38%

19%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Farwell is balanced between jobs and homes

1.23jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.23 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Farwell are

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

Jobs based in Farwell

489 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Farwell residents hold

396 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+39%

Jobs based in Farwell, 2013 → 2023: 351 → 489. 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.