Work & commute · Matador

Work & commute in Matador, TX

Most working residents leave Matador for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Lubbock (14%), Roaring Springs (6%) and Amarillo (5%). Half commute less than 68 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

27 of 232 working residents

Typical commute

68 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 205 Matador residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Matador.

205live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

43work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Matador goes to work

Lubbock68.8 mi away

14%33

Matador (in town)right here

12%27

Roaring Springs8.3 mi away

6%13

Amarillo100 mi away

5%12

Lockney36.3 mi away

3%8

Friona116.8 mi away

2%5

Plainview53 mi away

2%5

Midland156.6 mi away

2%5

Snyder90.1 mi away

2%4

Jayton54.7 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%117

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

How far

How far Matador commutes

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

26%

64%

26%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

64%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Matador is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Matador are

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

Jobs based in Matador

70 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities47%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less44%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month17%

Jobs Matador residents hold

232 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−33%

Jobs based in Matador, 2013 → 2023: 104 → 70. 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.