Work & commute · Muleshoe

Work & commute in Muleshoe, TX

About one in 3 of Muleshoe’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lubbock (8%), Amarillo (5%) and Clovis (2%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

642 of 2,153 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 1,511 Muleshoe residents head out of town to work, 642 work right here, and 847 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Muleshoe.

1,511live here, work elsewhere

642live and work here

847work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Muleshoe goes to work

Muleshoe (in town)right here

30%642

Lubbock66.7 mi away

8%180

Amarillo84.3 mi away

5%99

Clovis, NM30.3 mi away

2%52

Farwell20.7 mi away

2%40

Midland156.5 mi away

1%29

Levelland49.4 mi away

1%26

Dallas357.4 mi away

1%25

Littlefield31.1 mi away

1%24

Plainview57.5 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%1,014

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

How far

How far Muleshoe commutes

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

40%

14%

36%

40%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Muleshoe is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Muleshoe are

1,489 jobs are based in Muleshoe. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Muleshoe’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Muleshoe

1,489 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Muleshoe residents hold

2,153 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−12%

Jobs based in Muleshoe, 2013 → 2023: 1,691 → 1,489. 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.