Where Farnsworth earns its living
28 jobs are based in Farnsworth for 24 working residents. Hardly any work in Farnsworth itself; outside it, Perryton draws the most (38%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Farnsworth fills up on a workday
On a workday 24 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11 people are in Farnsworth on a workday afternoon, 57% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 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.
Out of Farnsworth to work: where people go
Where Farnsworth clocks in
38% of workers
4% 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.
Goods, not services: 54% of the jobs in Farnsworth
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Farnsworth, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 28. 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 Farnsworth’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Farnsworth commutes
About 33% 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 Farnsworth: questions
What is the poverty rate in Farnsworth?
0.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Farnsworth work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Perryton (38%, 11 mi), Clovis (4%, 180 mi), Albuquerque (4%, 329 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Farnsworth, from the people who make the trip.
More of Farnsworth
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.