Work & commute · Post

Work & commute in Post, TX

About one in 3 of Post’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lubbock (17%), Midland (2%) and Levelland (2%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

559 of 1,687 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 1,128 Post residents head out of town to work, 559 work right here, and 769 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Post.

1,128live here, work elsewhere

559live and work here

769work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Post goes to work

Post (in town)right here

33%559

Lubbock38.9 mi away

17%291

Midland91.2 mi away

2%38

Levelland62.8 mi away

2%34

Amarillo141.2 mi away

2%30

Lamesa45.8 mi away

2%28

Plainview71.8 mi away

2%28

Austin292.1 mi away

1%23

Odessa106.5 mi away

1%18

Snyder42.8 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%623

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

How far

How far Post commutes

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

36%

25%

37%

36%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Post is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Post are

1,328 jobs are based in Post. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Post’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Post

1,328 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Post residents hold

1,687 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−14%

Jobs based in Post, 2013 → 2023: 1,539 → 1,328. 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.