Work & commute · Hale Center

Work & commute in Hale Center, TX

Most working residents leave Hale Center for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Lubbock (22%), Plainview (18%) and Amarillo (7%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34 of 700 working residents

Typical commute

35 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 666 Hale Center residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 145 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hale Center.

666live here, work elsewhere

34live and work here

145work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hale Center goes to work

Lubbock34.9 mi away

22%154

Plainview11.1 mi away

18%128

Amarillo78.3 mi away

7%46

Hale Center (in town)right here

5%34

Olton18.4 mi away

2%17

Tulia32.9 mi away

2%12

Dallas305.8 mi away

2%11

Odessa153.8 mi away

1%10

Abernathy16.5 mi away

1%8

San Antonio373.1 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%272

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

How far

How far Hale Center commutes

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

23%

30%

40%

8%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hale Center is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hale Center are

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

Jobs based in Hale Center

179 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Hale Center residents hold

700 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+10%

Jobs based in Hale Center, 2013 → 2023: 162 → 179. 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.