Work & commute · Roaring Springs

Work & commute in Roaring Springs, TX

Most working residents leave Roaring Springs for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Lubbock (13%), Matador (11%) and Amarillo (11%). Half commute less than 69 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 53 working residents

Typical commute

69 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 50 Roaring Springs residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 52 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Roaring Springs.

50live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

52work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Roaring Springs goes to work

Lubbock63.8 mi away

13%7

Matador8.3 mi away

11%6

Amarillo105.6 mi away

11%6

Roaring Springs (in town)right here

6%3

Friona118.2 mi away

4%2

Richardson247.6 mi away

4%2

Dallas248.1 mi away

4%2

Houston428.5 mi away

4%2

Paducah32.6 mi away

2%1

Shallowater66.6 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%21

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

How far

How far Roaring Springs commutes

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

19%

68%

19%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

68%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Roaring Springs is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Roaring Springs are

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

Jobs based in Roaring Springs

55 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Roaring Springs residents hold

53 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+31%

Jobs based in Roaring Springs, 2013 → 2023: 42 → 55. 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.