Work & commute · Meadow

Work & commute in Meadow, TX

Most working residents leave Meadow for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Lubbock (28%), Brownfield (14%) and Levelland (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 214 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 210 Meadow residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 50 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Meadow.

210live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

50work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Meadow goes to work

Lubbock24 mi away

28%59

Brownfield11.9 mi away

14%30

Levelland19.2 mi away

4%9

Seagraves34.4 mi away

2%5

Amarillo130.4 mi away

2%5

Meadow (in town)right here

2%4

Clovis, NM94.9 mi away

1%3

Seminole49.7 mi away

1%3

Lamesa44.2 mi away

1%3

Plainview65.1 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%90

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

How far

How far Meadow commutes

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

50%

19%

27%

4%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Meadow is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Meadow are

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

Jobs based in Meadow

54 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)63%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Meadow residents hold

214 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+29%

Jobs based in Meadow, 2013 → 2023: 42 → 54. 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.