Work & commute · Seth Ward

Work & commute in Seth Ward, TX

Most working residents leave Seth Ward for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Plainview (37%), Lubbock (15%) and Amarillo (9%). Half commute less than 44 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 657 working residents

Typical commute

44 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 654 Seth Ward residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 112 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Seth Ward.

654live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

112work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Seth Ward goes to work

Plainview2.4 mi away

37%244

Lubbock46.6 mi away

15%100

Amarillo68.4 mi away

9%58

Dallas300.4 mi away

2%10

Levelland58.3 mi away

1%9

Canyon55 mi away

1%8

Midland153.4 mi away

1%8

Odessa165.7 mi away

1%8

Tulia22.7 mi away

1%6

Lockney15.8 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%201

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

How far

How far Seth Ward commutes

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

42%

16%

38%

42%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Seth Ward is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Seth Ward are

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

Jobs based in Seth Ward

115 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Seth Ward residents hold

657 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−27%

Jobs based in Seth Ward, 2013 → 2023: 157 → 115. 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.