Work & commute · Wickett

Work & commute in Wickett, TX

Most working residents leave Wickett for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Monahans (22%), Southwest Sandhill (10%) and Odessa (8%). Half commute less than 42 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 178 working residents

Typical commute

42 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 178 Wickett residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 150 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wickett.

178live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

150work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wickett goes to work

Monahans8.6 mi away

22%39

Southwest Sandhill5.9 mi away

10%18

Odessa44.4 mi away

8%15

Midland61.2 mi away

7%13

Lubbock152.4 mi away

3%6

West Odessa35.1 mi away

3%6

Town of Pecos32.8 mi away

3%5

Houston469 mi away

2%4

Hobbs, NM80.9 mi away

2%3

Andrews58.5 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%66

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

How far

How far Wickett commutes

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

36%

20%

42%

36%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wickett is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wickett are

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

Jobs based in Wickett

150 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Wickett residents hold

178 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+285%

Jobs based in Wickett, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 150. 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.