Work & commute · Plainview

Work & commute in Plainview, TX

40% of Plainview’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Lubbock (16%), Amarillo (6%) and Levelland (2%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40%

3,604 of 8,959 working residents

Typical commute

40 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 5,355 Plainview residents head out of town to work, 3,604 work right here, and 4,425 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plainview.

5,355live here, work elsewhere

3,604live and work here

4,425work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Plainview goes to work

Plainview (in town)right here

40%3,604

Lubbock44.5 mi away

16%1,463

Amarillo70 mi away

6%542

Levelland55.9 mi away

2%135

Tulia24.1 mi away

1%102

Midland151.4 mi away

1%100

Dallas301.5 mi away

1%92

Canyon56.3 mi away

1%91

Odessa163.7 mi away

1%74

Lockney16.7 mi away

1%65

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%2,691

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

How far

How far Plainview commutes

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

44%

19%

34%

44%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Plainview is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Plainview are

8,029 jobs are based in Plainview. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Plainview’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Plainview

8,029 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Plainview residents hold

8,959 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+2%

Jobs based in Plainview, 2013 → 2023: 7,906 → 8,029. 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.