Work & commute · West Odessa

Work & commute in West Odessa, TX

Most working residents leave West Odessa for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Odessa (36%), Midland (14%) and Lubbock (2%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,137 of 12,566 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 11,429 West Odessa residents head out of town to work, 1,137 work right here, and 4,778 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Odessa.

11,429live here, work elsewhere

1,137live and work here

4,778work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Odessa goes to work

Odessa9.5 mi away

36%4,476

Midland26.1 mi away

14%1,777

West Odessa (in town)right here

9%1,137

Lubbock124.3 mi away

2%300

Houston445.1 mi away

2%239

San Antonio287.7 mi away

1%103

Austin300.3 mi away

1%90

Dallas341.2 mi away

1%90

Andrews33.5 mi away

1%86

Fort Worth307.8 mi away

1%68

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%4,200

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

How far

How far West Odessa commutes

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

43%

23%

12%

22%

43%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Odessa is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Odessa are

5,915 jobs are based in West Odessa. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Odessa’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Odessa

5,915 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs West Odessa residents hold

12,566 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−5%

Jobs based in West Odessa, 2013 → 2023: 6,213 → 5,915. 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.