Photo: Lothar1976 · Public domainAbout half of Lorenzo’s working residents commute to Lubbock
A typical one-way commute lasts 25 minutes, where Texas has 27 and the U.S. 26. Home is the office for 3% of workers; Texas has 14%. Only 3% work in Lorenzo itself; outside it, Lubbock draws the most (45%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lorenzo and work: the main findings
Nearly half of Lorenzo works in Lubbock
185 working residents, 45%, have their main job in Lubbock, 22 miles away. That’s 15 times as many as work in Lorenzo itself. The commute map ↓
Lorenzo is a place people come home to
There are 92 jobs based in Lorenzo, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lorenzo has about 590 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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; with 411 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Lorenzo’s working residents head each day
Where Lorenzo clocks in
3% of workers
3% 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 daily flow of workers through Lorenzo
On a workday 399 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere.
About 590 people are in Lorenzo on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
0.22 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.
Lorenzo’s commute, mile by mile
About 30% 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 Lorenzo’s employers do
92 jobs are based in Lorenzo.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lorenzo, 2013 → 2023: 81 → 92. 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 Lorenzo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes to work from Lorenzo
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lorenzo workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 333 commuters (the 3% 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.
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 Lorenzo: questions
What is the median household income in Lorenzo?
$46,389 (±$11,226) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lorenzo?
32.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lorenzo?
25 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lorenzo work?
3% work in town.
Can you get around Lorenzo without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lorenzo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lorenzo
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.