Work & commute · Fritch

Work & commute in Fritch, TX

Most working residents leave Fritch for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Borger (23%), Amarillo (22%) and Canyon (3%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31 of 750 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 719 Fritch residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 115 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fritch.

719live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

115work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fritch goes to work

Borger11 mi away

23%174

Amarillo33.3 mi away

22%164

Fritch (in town)right here

4%31

Canyon48.6 mi away

3%20

Dumas25.6 mi away

2%15

Lubbock144.8 mi away

2%15

Plainview100.6 mi away

1%11

White Deer27.7 mi away

1%9

Cactus36.1 mi away

1%9

Pampa36.1 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%293

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

How far

How far Fritch commutes

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

11%

36%

38%

16%

11%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fritch is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fritch are

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

Jobs based in Fritch

146 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Fritch residents hold

750 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−35%

Jobs based in Fritch, 2013 → 2023: 225 → 146. 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.