Work & commute · Slaton

Work & commute in Slaton, TX

Most working residents leave Slaton for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Lubbock (52%), Amarillo (2%) and Midland (1%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

315 of 2,437 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 2,122 Slaton residents head out of town to work, 315 work right here, and 633 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Slaton.

2,122live here, work elsewhere

315live and work here

633work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Slaton goes to work

Lubbock15.9 mi away

52%1,275

Slaton (in town)right here

13%315

Amarillo121.7 mi away

2%38

Midland101.8 mi away

1%34

Post23.5 mi away

1%30

Levelland42.1 mi away

1%28

Dallas286.2 mi away

1%26

Odessa115.4 mi away

1%24

Fort Worth253.1 mi away

1%19

Houston446.7 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%631

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

How far

How far Slaton commutes

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

15%

60%

22%

15%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Slaton is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Slaton are

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

Jobs based in Slaton

948 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Slaton residents hold

2,437 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+1%

Jobs based in Slaton, 2013 → 2023: 937 → 948. 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.