Work & commute · Texline

Work & commute in Texline, TX

Most working residents leave Texline for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Dalhart (16%), Amarillo (9%) and Clayton (4%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

17 of 162 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 145 Texline residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 156 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Texline.

145live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

156work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Texline goes to work

Dalhart35.8 mi away

16%26

Texline (in town)right here

10%17

Amarillo105.1 mi away

9%14

Clayton, NM8.7 mi away

4%6

Stratford52.5 mi away

2%4

Lubbock204.7 mi away

2%4

Canyon113.9 mi away

2%3

Des Moines, NM52.5 mi away

1%2

Guymon, OK88.3 mi away

1%2

Dumas68.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%82

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

How far

How far Texline commutes

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

14%

35%

45%

14%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

45%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Texline is balanced between jobs and homes

1.07jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Texline are

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

Jobs based in Texline

173 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities53%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Texline residents hold

162 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+56%

Jobs based in Texline, 2013 → 2023: 111 → 173. 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.