Photo: Flickr user Barbara Brannon · CC BY 2.0Levelland’s household incomes are lower than in 77% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income C: better than 29% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #435 of 642 in Texas.
Walkability B: more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns · #215 of 642 in Texas.
Working residents average 21 minutes each way (Texas 27, U.S. 26). About one in three work in Levelland; the top destination outside it is Lubbock (23%, 27 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Levelland
Levelland’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Levelland is Lubbock, 27 miles away as the crow flies. 23% of working residents (1,340) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Commutes from Levelland are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Levelland workers work from home
Only 4% 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.
What’s behind Levelland’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Levelland is better than 29% of U.S. towns, #435 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds Levelland’s grade up (ahead of 48% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($58,000, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Levelland could be anywhere from D to B.
Half of Levelland commutes less than 24 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 25% 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.
About 21 minutes each way, quicker than most of Texas
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Levelland workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,324 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 3,708 residents head out to work, 2,189 work right here, and 3,718 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.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 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.
23% of working residents work in Lubbock
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Levelland clocks in
2% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 5,907 jobs in Levelland are
5,907 jobs are based in Levelland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Levelland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Levelland, 2013 → 2023: 6,457 → 5,907. 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.
Most trips from Levelland start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Levelland is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns, #215 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Levelland near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,563 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). 5.1% of Levelland households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Levelland’s commuters take a bus or train.
Levelland is 1,876th of 2,354 U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Levelland, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Lantana TX | 12,766 | $199K | 0.6% | 2.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 103 | Rendon TX | 14,632 | $118K | 3.7% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,874 | North Valley NM | 10,455 | $61K | 17.6% | 8.5% | 6% | C |
| 1,875 | Pineville LA | 13,967 | $50K | 21.1% | 3.3% | 14% | C |
| 1,876 | Levelland TX | 12,513 | $58K | 15.5% | 4.6% | 37% | C |
| 1,877 | Old Orchard Beach ME | 9,533 | $60K | 14.9% | 6.8% | 9% | C |
| 1,878 | Locust Grove GA | 14,610 | $75K | 15.9% | 9.9% | 5% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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.
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 Levelland: questions
What is the median household income in Levelland?
$58,000 (±$13,826) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Levelland?
15.5%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Levelland?
21 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Levelland work?
37% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lubbock (23%, 27 mi), Amarillo (2%, 116 mi), Sundown (2%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Levelland walkable?
Levelland is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Levelland without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Levelland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Levelland
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.