Work & commute · Friona

Work & commute in Friona, TX

About one in 5 of Friona’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Amarillo (6%), Hereford (2%) and Lubbock (2%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

311 of 1,584 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 1,273 Friona residents head out of town to work, 311 work right here, and 598 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Friona.

1,273live here, work elsewhere

311live and work here

598work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Friona goes to work

Friona (in town)right here

20%311

Amarillo63.7 mi away

6%99

Hereford22.3 mi away

2%37

Lubbock88.4 mi away

2%34

Canyon51.7 mi away

1%17

Farwell25.1 mi away

1%16

Midland184.1 mi away

1%12

Dimmitt24.6 mi away

1%11

Austin416.8 mi away

1%10

Dallas365.2 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%1,027

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

How far

How far Friona commutes

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

56%

15%

26%

56%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Friona 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 Friona are

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

Jobs based in Friona

909 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Friona residents hold

1,584 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−13%

Jobs based in Friona, 2013 → 2023: 1,039 → 909. 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.