Photo: Billy Hathorn at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Andrews at work: jobs, income and the commute
3% of workers have no commute at all, against 14% across Texas. For jobs and income Andrews is better than 38% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (B−). About one in three work in Andrews; the top destination outside it is Midland (10%, 33 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Andrews, in a few figures
Andrews’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Andrews is Midland, 33 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (609) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Andrews makes and builds things
44% of the jobs based in Andrews are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Andrews residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 34%. The jobs ↓
Few Andrews workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Andrews are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
Jobs & income in Andrews: the grade in detail
Unemployment holds Andrews’ grade up (3.7%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (16.8%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Andrews could be anywhere from C− to B.
How far it is to work from Andrews
About 23% 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.
44% of the jobs in Andrews make or build things
5,603 jobs are based in Andrews.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Andrews, 2013 → 2023: 4,571 → 5,603. 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 Andrews’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes each way for Andrews’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Andrews workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,998 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 3,940 residents head out to work, 2,081 work right here, and 3,522 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Andrews work
Where Andrews clocks in
10% of workers
9% 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.
Few in Andrews walk, bike or ride to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,196 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.2% of Andrews households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Andrews’ commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Andrews is 1,475th among 2,059 U.S. towns of 10,000 to 18,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Lantana TX | 12,766 | $199K | 0.6% | 2.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Bellaire TX | 17,434 | $244K | 2.4% | 3.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,473 | West Park FL | 15,444 | $66K | 14.6% | 8.7% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,474 | Richmond Heights OH | 10,475 | $61K | 9.9% | 11.2% | 3% | C+ |
| 1,475 | Andrews TX | 13,665 | $74K | 16.8% | 3.7% | 35% | C+ |
| 1,476 | Webster MA | 17,835 | $73K | 12.7% | 7.7% | 12% | C+ |
| 1,477 | Groton CT | 10,160 | $80K | 18.6% | 6.0% | 23% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,059 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Andrews, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Andrews and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to McKinney Acres (1%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Andrews workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrews | – | C+ | B− | 22 min | $73,690 |
| McKinney Acres | 1% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. McKinney Acres: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Andrews’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Andrews: questions
What is the median household income in Andrews?
$73,690 (±$14,322) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Andrews?
16.8%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Andrews?
22 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Andrews work?
35% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Midland (10%, 33 mi), Odessa (9%, 33 mi), Lubbock (2%, 94 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Andrews walkable?
Andrews is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 9.4 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Andrews without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Andrews, from the people who make the trip.
More of Andrews
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.