Photo: USDA NRCS Texas · Public domainMost of Kress commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Kress has 37 jobs; 195 of its residents have a job. Only 6% work in Kress; the top destination outside it is Plainview (23%, 12 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 14% for Texas as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Kress, and who commutes in
On a workday 184 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.
About 410 people are in Kress on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
The towns that employ Kress’ residents
Where Kress clocks in
23% of workers
12% 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 Kress
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kress, 2013 → 2023: 42 → 37. 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 Kress’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 18 minutes each way, quicker than most of Texas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kress workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 270 commuters (the 0% 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 Kress commutes less than 14 miles
About 37% 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 Kress: questions
What is the median household income in Kress?
$30,357 (±$16,119) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kress?
38.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kress?
18 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kress work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Plainview (23%, 12 mi), Amarillo (12%, 58 mi), Tulia (9%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Kress without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kress, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kress
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.