Work & commute · Kermit

Work & commute in Kermit, TX

About one in 4 of Kermit’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Midland (8%), Odessa (7%) and Monahans (3%). Half commute less than 41 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

626 of 2,669 working residents

Typical commute

41 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 2,043 Kermit residents head out of town to work, 626 work right here, and 849 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kermit.

2,043live here, work elsewhere

626live and work here

849work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kermit goes to work

Kermit (in town)right here

23%626

Midland58.6 mi away

8%223

Odessa43.9 mi away

7%182

Monahans12.5 mi away

3%67

Town of Pecos40.9 mi away

2%56

Lubbock137.2 mi away

2%54

Wink7.8 mi away

2%49

El Paso195.9 mi away

1%39

West Odessa34.8 mi away

1%38

Southwest Sandhill23.2 mi away

1%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,300

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

How far

How far Kermit commutes

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

34%

17%

41%

34%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kermit is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kermit are

1,475 jobs are based in Kermit. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kermit’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kermit

1,475 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Kermit residents hold

2,669 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−9%

Jobs based in Kermit, 2013 → 2023: 1,625 → 1,475. 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.