Work & commute · Ropesville

Work & commute in Ropesville, TX

Most working residents leave Ropesville for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Lubbock (45%), Amarillo (5%) and Levelland (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 232 working residents

Typical commute

19 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 215 Ropesville residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 163 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ropesville.

215live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

163work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ropesville goes to work

Lubbock18.5 mi away

45%105

Ropesville (in town)right here

7%17

Amarillo124.8 mi away

5%11

Levelland16.7 mi away

4%9

Wolfforth10.9 mi away

3%6

Clovis, NM92.6 mi away

2%4

Brownfield17.8 mi away

2%4

Plainview59.2 mi away

2%4

Sundown19.6 mi away

1%2

Seminole55.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%68

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

How far

How far Ropesville commutes

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

11%

58%

28%

11%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ropesville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ropesville are

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

Jobs based in Ropesville

180 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Ropesville residents hold

232 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+275%

Jobs based in Ropesville, 2013 → 2023: 48 → 180. 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.