Work & commute · Tulia

Work & commute in Tulia, TX

About one in 3 of Tulia’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Amarillo (16%), Canyon (5%) and Lubbock (4%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

571 of 1,719 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 1,148 Tulia residents head out of town to work, 571 work right here, and 787 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tulia.

1,148live here, work elsewhere

571live and work here

787work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tulia goes to work

Tulia (in town)right here

33%571

Amarillo45.9 mi away

16%267

Canyon32.3 mi away

5%81

Lubbock67.8 mi away

4%75

Plainview24.1 mi away

4%72

Dallas312.1 mi away

1%17

Hereford40.6 mi away

1%16

Friona54.4 mi away

1%12

Dimmitt30.3 mi away

1%10

Pampa83.5 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%588

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

How far

How far Tulia commutes

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

41%

30%

24%

41%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tulia is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Tulia are

1,358 jobs are based in Tulia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tulia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tulia

1,358 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Tulia residents hold

1,719 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+6%

Jobs based in Tulia, 2013 → 2023: 1,281 → 1,358. 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.