Work & commute · Wellman

Work & commute in Wellman, TX

Most working residents leave Wellman for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Lubbock (24%), Brownfield (15%) and Lamesa (6%). Half commute less than 45 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 67 working residents

Typical commute

45 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 66 Wellman residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wellman.

66live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

53work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wellman goes to work

Lubbock47.3 mi away

24%16

Brownfield12.6 mi away

15%10

Lamesa35 mi away

6%4

Ropesville29.8 mi away

3%2

Levelland37.1 mi away

3%2

Lake Buena Vista, FL1280.6 mi away

1%1

Clovis, NM105.8 mi away

1%1

Hobbs, NM47.9 mi away

1%1

Tulsa, OK427.7 mi away

1%1

Lawton, OK254.2 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%28

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

How far

How far Wellman commutes

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

25%

39%

31%

4%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

39%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wellman is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wellman are

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

Jobs based in Wellman

54 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)70%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Wellman residents hold

67 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−10%

Jobs based in Wellman, 2013 → 2023: 60 → 54. 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.