Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Follett
For 5% of workers, the job is at home, where Texas as a whole has 14%. About one in ten work in Follett; the top destination outside it is Canadian (9%, 39 miles). Commuters spend 24 minutes getting to work on average; the Texas average is 27, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Follett by day and by night
On a workday 94 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 68 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.
0.75 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.
The places Follett commutes to
Where Follett clocks in
9% of workers
5% 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.
What work there is in Follett: 78 jobs
78 jobs are based in Follett.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Follett, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 78. 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 Follett’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes to work from Follett
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Follett workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 125 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.
Where in the region Follett works
About 42% 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 Follett: questions
What is the median household income in Follett?
$88,438 (±$17,775) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Follett?
2.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Follett?
24 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Follett work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Canadian (9%, 39 mi), Booker (6%, 22 mi), Perryton (5%, 37 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Follett without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Follett, from the people who make the trip.
More of Follett
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.