Work & commute · Spearman

Work & commute in Spearman, TX

40% of Spearman’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Amarillo (5%), Gruver (4%) and Perryton (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40%

539 of 1,356 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 817 Spearman residents head out of town to work, 539 work right here, and 506 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spearman.

817live here, work elsewhere

539live and work here

506work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spearman goes to work

Spearman (in town)right here

40%539

Amarillo77.7 mi away

5%64

Gruver12.6 mi away

4%50

Perryton25.9 mi away

4%48

Guymon, OK37.4 mi away

3%35

Lubbock186.4 mi away

2%22

Borger39 mi away

1%19

Sunray37.3 mi away

1%17

Stinnett29.4 mi away

1%16

Cactus46.6 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%532

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

How far

How far Spearman commutes

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

49%

17%

25%

49%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spearman is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Spearman are

1,045 jobs are based in Spearman. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Spearman’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Spearman

1,045 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Spearman residents hold

1,356 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−16%

Jobs based in Spearman, 2013 → 2023: 1,237 → 1,045. 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.