Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Dimmitt trail those of 92% of U.S. towns
18.1% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 13.8% for Texas as a whole. Jobs and income earn Dimmitt C−; getting around on foot earns it C+. For 1% of workers, the job is at home, against 14% across Texas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Dimmitt
Commutes from Dimmitt are quick
The average trip to work takes 13 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 107 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
Dimmitt’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Dimmitt is Amarillo, 53 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (152) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Few Dimmitt workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Dimmitt
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Dimmitt is better than 19% of U.S. towns, #525 of 642 in Texas. Unemployment holds Dimmitt’s grade up (2.6%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($45,875, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Dimmitt could be anywhere from D to C+.
Commuting from Dimmitt: about 13 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dimmitt workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,036 commuters (the 1% 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.
The commute from Dimmitt, by distance
About 25% 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.
Who commutes out of Dimmitt, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,367 residents head out to work, 277 work right here, and 522 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,200 people are in Dimmitt on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
0.49 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.
9% of working residents work in Amarillo
Where Dimmitt clocks in
9% of workers
7% of workers
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.
The 799 jobs based in Dimmitt
799 jobs are based in Dimmitt.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dimmitt, 2013 → 2023: 1,019 → 799. 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 Dimmitt’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Dimmitt, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dimmitt is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns, #392 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.1% 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 2,053 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). 1.2% of Dimmitt households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Dimmitt’s commuters take a bus or train.
3,519th of 4,283: where Dimmitt ranks among U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| 4 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 5 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,517 | Sullivan IN | 4,229 | $47K | 19.6% | 3.4% | 21% | C− |
| 3,518 | Wellsville OH | 3,017 | $32K | 32.9% | 3.5% | 9% | C− |
| 3,519 | Dimmitt TX | 4,069 | $46K | 18.1% | 2.6% | 17% | C− |
| 3,520 | Piedmont SC | 5,462 | $53K | 25.4% | 8.1% | 2% | C− |
| 3,521 | Clarkdale AZ | 4,806 | $47K | 18.6% | 2.7% | 5% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,283 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Dimmitt, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
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 Dimmitt: questions
What is the median household income in Dimmitt?
$45,875 (±$22,887) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dimmitt?
18.1%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dimmitt?
13 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dimmitt work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Amarillo (9%, 53 mi), Hereford (7%, 20 mi), Canyon (4%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dimmitt walkable?
Dimmitt is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dimmitt without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dimmitt, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dimmitt
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.