Work & commute · Pampa

Work & commute in Pampa, TX

About one in 3 of Pampa’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Amarillo (14%), Borger (3%) and Lubbock (2%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35%

2,448 of 7,094 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 4,646 Pampa residents head out of town to work, 2,448 work right here, and 1,724 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pampa.

4,646live here, work elsewhere

2,448live and work here

1,724work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pampa goes to work

Pampa (in town)right here

35%2,448

Amarillo54.3 mi away

14%1,008

Borger25.7 mi away

3%200

Lubbock146.9 mi away

2%170

White Deer14.3 mi away

1%97

Plainview103.1 mi away

1%85

McLean30 mi away

1%63

Canyon66.2 mi away

1%60

Dallas306.3 mi away

1%60

Dumas60.2 mi away

1%58

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%2,845

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

How far

How far Pampa commutes

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

50%

36%

50%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pampa is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pampa are

4,172 jobs are based in Pampa. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pampa’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pampa

4,172 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Pampa residents hold

7,094 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−13%

Jobs based in Pampa, 2013 → 2023: 4,770 → 4,172. 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.