Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0Floydada has lower household incomes than 84% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 1% of workers, where Texas as a whole has 14%. Below the poverty line: 20.1% of residents, next to 13.8% across Texas. For jobs and income Floydada is better than 15% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (C+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Floydada
Floydada’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Floydada is Lubbock, 43 miles away as the crow flies. 16% of working residents (179) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Most jobs in Floydada go to people who live here
Of the 783 jobs based in Floydada, 50% are held by Floydada residents. In most towns, people from elsewhere hold most of the local jobs. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Floydada are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Floydada 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.
Where Floydada’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Unemployment holds Floydada’s grade up (3.7%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 8% of U.S. towns).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Floydada could be anywhere from D− to C+.
How far Floydada’s workers travel
About 27% 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.
Floydada quiets down on a workday
On a workday 743 residents head out to work, 388 work right here, and 395 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Floydada on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.69 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.
Floydada’s commute takes about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Floydada workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,170 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.
16% of working residents work in Lubbock
Where Floydada clocks in
6% 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 kinds of work in Floydada
783 jobs are based in Floydada.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Floydada, 2013 → 2023: 773 → 783. 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 Floydada’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Floydada, most people drive to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,184 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). 12.6% of Floydada households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Floydada’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300, Floydada ranks 4,254th of 5,207 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Southside Place TX | 1,916 | $163K | 5.0% | 5.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,252 | Burns OR | 2,692 | $42K | 15.5% | 3.4% | 41% | D |
| 4,253 | Gruetli-Laager TN | 1,786 | $47K | 10.2% | 8.0% | 2% | D |
| 4,254 | Floydada TX | 2,420 | $53K | 20.1% | 3.7% | 34% | D |
| 4,255 | Jackson Township IN | 1,731 | $50K | 10.5% | 7.3% | 5% | D |
| 4,256 | West Branch Township MI | 1,715 | $63K | 13.5% | 1.7% | 2% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Floydada, 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 Floydada: questions
What is the median household income in Floydada?
$52,826 (±$12,735) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Floydada?
20.1%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Floydada?
18 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Floydada work?
34% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lubbock (16%, 43 mi), Plainview (6%, 26 mi), Amarillo (4%, 89 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Floydada walkable?
Floydada is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Floydada without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Floydada, from the people who make the trip.
More of Floydada
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.