Work & commute · Lamesa

Work & commute in Lamesa, TX

About one in 3 of Lamesa’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Midland (10%), Odessa (3%) and Lubbock (3%). Half commute less than 43 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34%

1,163 of 3,436 working residents

Typical commute

43 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 2,273 Lamesa residents head out of town to work, 1,163 work right here, and 1,258 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lamesa.

2,273live here, work elsewhere

1,163live and work here

1,258work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lamesa goes to work

Lamesa (in town)right here

34%1,163

Midland49.9 mi away

10%328

Odessa63.2 mi away

3%111

Lubbock57.4 mi away

3%100

Houston437.8 mi away

2%65

Big Spring43.7 mi away

1%51

San Angelo125.4 mi away

1%50

Abilene130.4 mi away

1%49

San Antonio303.6 mi away

1%47

Andrews45 mi away

1%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%1,436

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

How far

How far Lamesa commutes

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

43%

10%

44%

43%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lamesa is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lamesa are

2,421 jobs are based in Lamesa. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lamesa’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lamesa

2,421 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Lamesa residents hold

3,436 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−1%

Jobs based in Lamesa, 2013 → 2023: 2,444 → 2,421. 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.