Work & commute · Tahoka

Work & commute in Tahoka, TX

About one in 5 of Tahoka’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lubbock (24%), New Home (3%) and Dallas (2%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

181 of 907 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 726 Tahoka residents head out of town to work, 181 work right here, and 354 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tahoka.

726live here, work elsewhere

181live and work here

354work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tahoka goes to work

Lubbock28.1 mi away

24%220

Tahoka (in town)right here

20%181

New Home13.2 mi away

3%23

Dallas292.5 mi away

2%21

Amarillo140.7 mi away

2%21

Post24 mi away

2%15

Levelland43.7 mi away

1%10

Plainview71.1 mi away

1%9

Midland80.9 mi away

1%9

Odessa94.3 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%389

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

How far

How far Tahoka commutes

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

26%

17%

28%

30%

26%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tahoka is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tahoka are

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

Jobs based in Tahoka

535 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Tahoka residents hold

907 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+22%

Jobs based in Tahoka, 2013 → 2023: 440 → 535. 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.