Work & commute · Valentine

Work & commute in Valentine, TX

Most working residents leave Valentine for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Midland (14%), Fort Davis (14%) and El Paso (9%). Half commute less than 117 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 22 working residents

Typical commute

117 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 22 Valentine residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Valentine.

22live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

19work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Valentine goes to work

Midland172.1 mi away

14%3

Fort Davis35.7 mi away

14%3

El Paso143.7 mi away

9%2

Fabens116.4 mi away

9%2

Hobbs, NM167.5 mi away

5%1

Buffalo Gap298.7 mi away

5%1

Alpine51.9 mi away

5%1

Town of Pecos79.9 mi away

5%1

Austin402 mi away

5%1

San Angelo246.6 mi away

5%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%6

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

How far

How far Valentine commutes

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

36%

64%

0%Under 10 mi

0%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

64%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Valentine is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Valentine are

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

Jobs based in Valentine

19 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Valentine residents hold

22 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−63%

Jobs based in Valentine, 2013 → 2023: 52 → 19. 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.