Work & commute · Seagraves

Work & commute in Seagraves, TX

Most working residents leave Seagraves for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Seminole (9%), Denver City (6%) and Midland (5%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

82 of 591 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 509 Seagraves residents head out of town to work, 82 work right here, and 293 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Seagraves.

509live here, work elsewhere

82live and work here

293work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Seagraves goes to work

Seagraves (in town)right here

14%82

Seminole16 mi away

9%53

Denver City15.6 mi away

6%38

Midland68.7 mi away

5%32

Odessa74.5 mi away

5%30

Lubbock58 mi away

3%19

Houston476.1 mi away

3%16

Hobbs, NM37.5 mi away

2%12

Brownfield23.4 mi away

2%11

Andrews42.9 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%289

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

How far

How far Seagraves commutes

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

18%

31%

41%

18%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Seagraves is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.63 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Seagraves are

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

Jobs based in Seagraves

375 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Seagraves residents hold

591 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−23%

Jobs based in Seagraves, 2013 → 2023: 488 → 375. 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.