Work & commute · Perryton

Work & commute in Perryton, TX

About one in 3 of Perryton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Shamrock (9%), Amarillo (5%) and Booker (4%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38%

1,362 of 3,545 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 2,183 Perryton residents head out of town to work, 1,362 work right here, and 1,094 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Perryton.

2,183live here, work elsewhere

1,362live and work here

1,094work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Perryton goes to work

Perryton (in town)right here

38%1,362

Shamrock87 mi away

9%326

Amarillo100.7 mi away

5%189

Booker15 mi away

4%141

Pampa59.1 mi away

1%53

Lubbock205.1 mi away

1%53

Spearman25.9 mi away

1%51

Guymon, OK42.9 mi away

1%47

Borger60.9 mi away

1%34

Austin456.2 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%1,269

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

How far

How far Perryton commutes

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

52%

36%

52%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Perryton 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 Perryton are

2,456 jobs are based in Perryton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Perryton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Perryton

2,456 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Perryton residents hold

3,545 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−44%

Jobs based in Perryton, 2013 → 2023: 4,347 → 2,456. 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.