Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0Ackerly has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working residents average 43 minutes each way (Texas 27, U.S. 26). Only 0% work in Ackerly; the top destination outside it is Lamesa (11%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Ackerly quiets down on a workday
On a workday 91 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere.
About 240 people are in Ackerly on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.65 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.
11% of working residents work in Lamesa
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Ackerly clocks in
11% of workers
10% of workers
9% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Ackerly makes things: 78% of its jobs are in goods
59 jobs are based in Ackerly. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ackerly’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ackerly, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 59. 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.
About 43 minutes each way, longer than most of Texas
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ackerly workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 168 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Ackerly commutes less than 46 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 47% 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.
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 Ackerly: questions
What is the median household income in Ackerly?
$66,094 (±$29,363) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ackerly?
0.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ackerly?
43 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ackerly work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lamesa (11%, 20 mi), Midland (10%, 42 mi), Odessa (9%, 58 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ackerly without a car?
10% 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 Ackerly, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ackerly
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.