Work & commute · Vega

Work & commute in Vega, TX

Most working residents leave Vega for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Amarillo (24%), Boys Ranch (12%) and Wildorado (5%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 323 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 301 Vega residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 70 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vega.

301live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

70work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vega goes to work

Amarillo34 mi away

24%78

Boys Ranch22.4 mi away

12%39

Vega (in town)right here

7%22

Wildorado12.7 mi away

5%17

Adrian13.6 mi away

3%9

Lubbock120.3 mi away

2%8

Hereford29.3 mi away

2%7

Canyon33.8 mi away

2%7

Dallas365.8 mi away

2%6

Dalhart56.3 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%126

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

How far

How far Vega commutes

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

10%

22%

42%

26%

10%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

42%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vega is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Vega are

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

Jobs based in Vega

92 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Vega residents hold

323 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−53%

Jobs based in Vega, 2013 → 2023: 197 → 92. 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.