Work & commute · Quanah

Work & commute in Quanah, TX

About one in 3 of Quanah’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Vernon (12%), Wichita Falls (7%) and Chillicothe (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

266 of 889 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 623 Quanah residents head out of town to work, 266 work right here, and 609 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Quanah.

623live here, work elsewhere

266live and work here

609work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Quanah goes to work

Quanah (in town)right here

30%266

Vernon27.3 mi away

12%107

Wichita Falls74.6 mi away

7%64

Chillicothe13.3 mi away

4%38

Abilene127.2 mi away

3%26

Childress32.3 mi away

3%23

Fort Worth173 mi away

3%23

Crowell21.6 mi away

2%20

Dallas200.4 mi away

2%14

Houston402.5 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%296

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

How far

How far Quanah commutes

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

34%

17%

41%

34%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Quanah is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Quanah are

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

Jobs based in Quanah

875 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Quanah residents hold

889 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+79%

Jobs based in Quanah, 2013 → 2023: 489 → 875. 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.