Photo: Owenmoney · CC BY-SA 4.0Estelline has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Estelline report 5 jobs, against 48 working residents. Hardly any work in Estelline itself; outside it, Memphis draws the most (27%, 14 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 16 minutes (Texas 27, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Estelline on a workday
On a workday 48 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 77 people are in Estelline on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.
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 the trip to work from Estelline ends
Where Estelline clocks in
27% of workers
10% of workers
6% 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.
Goods jobs make up 100% of work in Estelline
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Estelline’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Estelline: about 16 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Estelline workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 38 commuters (the 5% 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.
Half of Estelline commutes less than 43 miles
About 48% 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.
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 Estelline: questions
What is the poverty rate in Estelline?
7.8%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Estelline?
16 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Estelline work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Memphis (27%, 14 mi), Amarillo (10%, 91 mi), Austin (6%, 333 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Estelline without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 22% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Estelline, from the people who make the trip.
More of Estelline
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.