Work & commute · McCamey

Work & commute in McCamey, TX

Most working residents leave McCamey for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Odessa (9%), Midland (8%) and Lubbock (3%). Half commute less than 54 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

95 of 515 working residents

Typical commute

54 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 420 McCamey residents head out of town to work, 95 work right here, and 1,791 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McCamey.

420live here, work elsewhere

95live and work here

1,791work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McCamey goes to work

McCamey (in town)right here

18%95

Odessa52.2 mi away

9%45

Midland61.9 mi away

8%39

Lubbock169 mi away

3%18

Rankin17.8 mi away

3%17

San Angelo106.6 mi away

2%12

Abilene172 mi away

2%12

Houston417.3 mi away

2%10

Andrews84.4 mi away

2%9

Monahans63.1 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%251

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

How far

How far McCamey commutes

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

29%

60%

29%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

60%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McCamey is a job hub

3.66jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in McCamey are

1,886 jobs are based in McCamey. Here is what they are, next to the jobs McCamey’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in McCamey

1,886 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)77%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)11%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs McCamey residents hold

515 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+297%

Jobs based in McCamey, 2013 → 2023: 475 → 1,886. 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.