Work & commute · White Deer

Work & commute in White Deer, TX

Most working residents leave White Deer for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Amarillo (18%), Pampa (8%) and Borger (8%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
9%
25 of 279 working residents
Typical commute
37 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
28 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
12%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 254 White Deer residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 404 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in White Deer.

254live here, work elsewhere
25live and work here
404work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where White Deer goes to work

SkellytownGroomFritchClaudeWhite DeerShamrockPanhandleDumasCanyonPampaBorgerAmarilloLubbockAmarilloPampaBorgerGroomLubbockPanhandleCanyonShamrockDumasWhite Deer
1
Amarillo40.3 mi away
18%49
2
White Deer (in town)right here
9%25
3
Pampa14.3 mi away
8%22
4
Borger20.2 mi away
8%22
5
Groom16.1 mi away
5%13
6
Lubbock135.5 mi away
4%11
7
Panhandle13 mi away
3%9
8
Canyon51.9 mi away
2%6
9
Shamrock54.5 mi away
1%4
10
Dumas53.3 mi away
1%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
41%114

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

How far

How far White Deer commutes

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

12%Under 10 mi
35%10–24 mi
21%25–50 mi
33%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

White Deer is a job hub

1.54jobs per working resident
A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in White Deer are

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

Jobs based in White Deer

429 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)52%
Trade, transport & utilities9%
Services (health, schools, offices…)39%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs White Deer residents hold

279 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)25%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)53%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%
Over $3,333 a month51%
+627%

Jobs based in White Deer, 2013 → 2023: 59 → 429. 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.

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