Work & commute · Spur

Work & commute in Spur, TX

Most working residents leave Spur for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Lubbock (19%), Jayton (3%) and Dickens (3%). Half commute less than 58 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

52 of 315 working residents

Typical commute

58 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 263 Spur residents head out of town to work, 52 work right here, and 110 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spur.

263live here, work elsewhere

52live and work here

110work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spur goes to work

Lubbock60.1 mi away

19%61

Spur (in town)right here

17%52

Jayton22.3 mi away

3%10

Dickens10 mi away

3%9

Odessa140.4 mi away

2%7

Midland124.3 mi away

2%6

Snyder52.8 mi away

2%5

Aspermont42.9 mi away

1%4

Slaton46.2 mi away

1%4

Austin284.9 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%153

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

How far

How far Spur commutes

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

21%

10%

63%

21%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

63%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spur is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Spur are

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

Jobs based in Spur

162 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Spur residents hold

315 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−30%

Jobs based in Spur, 2013 → 2023: 232 → 162. 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.