Work & commute · Lockney

Work & commute in Lockney, TX

Most working residents leave Lockney for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Plainview (15%), Lubbock (14%) and Amarillo (4%). Half commute less than 44 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

107 of 580 working residents

Typical commute

44 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 473 Lockney residents head out of town to work, 107 work right here, and 273 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lockney.

473live here, work elsewhere

107live and work here

273work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lockney goes to work

Lockney (in town)right here

18%107

Plainview16.7 mi away

15%89

Lubbock46.5 mi away

14%84

Amarillo77.6 mi away

4%26

Floydada11.4 mi away

2%12

Dallas284.7 mi away

2%12

Midland150.1 mi away

1%7

Austin341 mi away

1%5

San Antonio364.7 mi away

1%5

Odessa163.5 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%228

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

How far

How far Lockney commutes

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

23%

16%

38%

23%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lockney is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lockney are

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

Jobs based in Lockney

380 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Lockney residents hold

580 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−41%

Jobs based in Lockney, 2013 → 2023: 641 → 380. 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.