Work & commute · Shallowater

Work & commute in Shallowater, TX

Most working residents leave Shallowater for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Lubbock (56%), Dallas (2%) and Amarillo (2%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

126 of 1,325 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 1,199 Shallowater residents head out of town to work, 126 work right here, and 610 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shallowater.

1,199live here, work elsewhere

126live and work here

610work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shallowater goes to work

Lubbock10.6 mi away

56%745

Shallowater (in town)right here

10%126

Dallas308.1 mi away

2%23

Amarillo104.7 mi away

2%23

Midland115.3 mi away

1%17

Levelland22.8 mi away

1%15

Wolfforth12.6 mi away

1%14

Houston472.3 mi away

1%13

Fort Worth275.4 mi away

1%12

Odessa126.7 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%326

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

How far

How far Shallowater commutes

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

35%

41%

22%

35%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shallowater is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shallowater are

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

Jobs based in Shallowater

736 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Shallowater residents hold

1,325 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+63%

Jobs based in Shallowater, 2013 → 2023: 452 → 736. 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.