Work & commute · Turkey

Work & commute in Turkey, TX

Most working residents leave Turkey for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Memphis (25%), Amarillo (11%) and Clarendon (5%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 114 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 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 112 Turkey residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 47 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Turkey.

112live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

47work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Turkey goes to work

Memphis30.6 mi away

25%28

Amarillo76.9 mi away

11%12

Clarendon37.5 mi away

5%6

Childress35.1 mi away

5%6

Hedley35.4 mi away

4%5

Wellington50.1 mi away

4%4

Lubbock80.9 mi away

4%4

Paducah42.8 mi away

3%3

Canyon71.3 mi away

3%3

Turkey (in town)right here

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%41

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

How far

How far Turkey commutes

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

51%

45%

4%Under 10 mi

1%10–24 mi

51%25–50 mi

45%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Turkey is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Turkey are

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

Jobs based in Turkey

49 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month61%

Over $3,333 a month8%

Jobs Turkey residents hold

114 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+345%

Jobs based in Turkey, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 49. 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.