Work & commute · Olton

Work & commute in Olton, TX

About one in 4 of Olton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lubbock (10%), Amarillo (5%) and Plainview (5%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

173 of 666 working residents

Typical commute

27 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 493 Olton residents head out of town to work, 173 work right here, and 381 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Olton.

493live here, work elsewhere

173live and work here

381work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Olton goes to work

Olton (in town)right here

26%173

Lubbock45 mi away

10%67

Amarillo72.6 mi away

5%35

Plainview23.6 mi away

5%32

Midland149 mi away

2%11

Clovis, NM62.9 mi away

2%10

Dallas323.9 mi away

1%9

Austin370.8 mi away

1%8

Muleshoe34 mi away

1%6

Canyon57.3 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%309

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

How far

How far Olton commutes

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

37%

11%

20%

32%

37%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Olton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Olton are

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

Jobs based in Olton

554 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Olton residents hold

666 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−3%

Jobs based in Olton, 2013 → 2023: 571 → 554. 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.