Work & commute · Goldsmith

Work & commute in Goldsmith, TX

Most working residents leave Goldsmith for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Odessa (37%), Midland (18%) and Houston (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 87 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 86 Goldsmith residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 106 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Goldsmith.

86live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

106work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Goldsmith goes to work

Odessa17.4 mi away

37%32

Midland29.6 mi away

18%16

Houston454.5 mi away

5%4

West Odessa12.1 mi away

5%4

Andrews23.7 mi away

3%3

Fort Stockton77 mi away

2%2

Lubbock117 mi away

2%2

Goldsmith (in town)right here

1%1

Shenandoah441.5 mi away

1%1

Addison343.8 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%21

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

How far

How far Goldsmith commutes

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

56%

21%

20%

2%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Goldsmith 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 Goldsmith are

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

Jobs based in Goldsmith

107 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month85%

Jobs Goldsmith residents hold

87 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−56%

Jobs based in Goldsmith, 2013 → 2023: 242 → 107. 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.