Work & commute · Paducah

Work & commute in Paducah, TX

Most working residents leave Paducah for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Childress (6%), Fort Worth (5%) and Abilene (4%). Half commute less than 118 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

47 of 259 working residents

Typical commute

118 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 212 Paducah residents head out of town to work, 47 work right here, and 98 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Paducah.

212live here, work elsewhere

47live and work here

98work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Paducah goes to work

Paducah (in town)right here

18%47

Childress29.1 mi away

6%15

Fort Worth190.5 mi away

5%12

Abilene112.6 mi away

4%10

Wichita Falls102.2 mi away

2%6

Austin296.9 mi away

2%5

Guthrie27.1 mi away

2%5

Ardmore, OK181.9 mi away

2%4

Granbury182.5 mi away

2%4

Weatherford170.3 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%147

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

How far

How far Paducah commutes

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

20%

14%

64%

20%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

64%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Paducah is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Paducah are

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

Jobs based in Paducah

145 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Paducah residents hold

259 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month41%

−31%

Jobs based in Paducah, 2013 → 2023: 210 → 145. 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.