Penick House · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0Jobs, income and commuting in Texhoma, OK
About one in seven work in Texhoma itself; outside it, Guymon draws the most (16%, 21 miles). Home is the office for 2% of workers (Oklahoma 9%). Working residents average 19 minutes each way, next to 22 for Oklahoma and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Texhoma apart
Texhoma and Guymon trade workers both ways
Guymon is the top workplace for Texhoma residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Texhoma come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Texhoma than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Texhoma fell from 314 in 2013 to 146 in 2023, −54%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
35% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 245 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where the trip to work from Texhoma ends
Where Texhoma clocks in
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
What Texhoma’s employers do
146 jobs are based in Texhoma.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Texhoma, 2013 → 2023: 314 → 146. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Texhoma’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Texhoma goes to work
About 35% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How many people are in Texhoma by day
On a workday 212 residents head out to work, 33 work right here, and 113 people come in from elsewhere.
About 730 people are in Texhoma on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.60 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 19 minutes to work from Texhoma
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Texhoma workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 397 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Oklahoma: 85% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Texhoma: questions
What is the median household income in Texhoma?
$61,366 (±$7,917) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Texhoma?
15.1%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Texhoma?
19 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Texhoma work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Guymon (16%, 21 mi), Goodwell (5%, 11 mi), Amarillo (4%, 90 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Texhoma without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Texhoma, from the people who make the trip.
More of Texhoma
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.