Work & commute · Littlefield

Work & commute in Littlefield, TX

Most working residents leave Littlefield for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Lubbock (28%), Levelland (5%) and Amarillo (4%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

468 of 2,595 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 2,127 Littlefield residents head out of town to work, 468 work right here, and 697 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Littlefield.

2,127live here, work elsewhere

468live and work here

697work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Littlefield goes to work

Lubbock35.6 mi away

28%714

Littlefield (in town)right here

18%468

Levelland23.4 mi away

5%139

Amarillo93 mi away

4%102

Plainview39.7 mi away

2%50

Muleshoe31.1 mi away

1%31

Dallas330.6 mi away

1%29

Houston497.5 mi away

1%25

Midland131.6 mi away

1%24

Olton21.3 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%991

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

How far

How far Littlefield commutes

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

27%

10%

36%

28%

27%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Littlefield is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Littlefield are

1,165 jobs are based in Littlefield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Littlefield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Littlefield

1,165 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Littlefield residents hold

2,595 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−19%

Jobs based in Littlefield, 2013 → 2023: 1,432 → 1,165. 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.