Work & commute · New Deal

Work & commute in New Deal, TX

Most working residents leave New Deal for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Lubbock (63%), Abernathy (2%) and Dallas (1%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 274 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 272 New Deal residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 104 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Deal.

272live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

104work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Deal goes to work

Lubbock12 mi away

63%173

Abernathy6.6 mi away

2%6

Dallas300.4 mi away

1%4

Midland119 mi away

1%4

Amarillo101.5 mi away

1%4

Irving287.9 mi away

1%4

Idalou10.4 mi away

1%2

Shallowater8.8 mi away

1%2

New Deal (in town)right here

1%2

Westlake272.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%71

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

How far

How far New Deal commutes

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

25%

50%

22%

25%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Deal is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Deal are

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

Jobs based in New Deal

106 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs New Deal residents hold

274 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−33%

Jobs based in New Deal, 2013 → 2023: 158 → 106. 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.