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Work & commute · Sundown

Work & commute in Sundown, TX

Most working residents leave Sundown for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Lubbock (23%), Levelland (15%) and Wolfforth (2%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
7%
28 of 404 working residents
Typical commute
35 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
21 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
0%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 376 Sundown residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 427 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sundown.

376live here, work elsewhere
28live and work here
427work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Sundown goes to work

RopesvilleSundownDenver CitySeminoleWolfforthBrownfieldAndrewsLevellandAustinDallasMidlandHoustonAmarilloAbileneOdessaLubbockLubbockLevellandWolfforthDallasAmarilloMidlandAustinRopesvilleHoustonSundown
1
Lubbock35.4 mi away
23%94
2
Levelland11.3 mi away
15%60
3
Sundown (in town)right here
7%28
4
Wolfforth28.2 mi away
2%10
5
Dallas334.3 mi away
2%10
6
Amarillo126.1 mi away
2%10
7
Midland101.4 mi away
2%8
8
Austin353.3 mi away
1%6
9
Ropesville19.6 mi away
1%5
10
Houston488.6 mi away
1%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
42%168

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

How far

How far Sundown commutes

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

10%Under 10 mi
19%10–24 mi
36%25–50 mi
34%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Sundown is balanced between jobs and homes

1.13jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sundown are

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

Jobs based in Sundown

455 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)67%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)14%
$1,250 a month or less4%
$1,251–$3,333 a month10%
Over $3,333 a month85%

Jobs Sundown residents hold

404 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)31%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)48%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month53%
−27%

Jobs based in Sundown, 2013 → 2023: 622 → 455. 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.

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