Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Lott works elsewhere
The average commute takes 43 minutes each way, next to 27 for Texas and 26 for the U.S. Lott has 31 jobs, against 326 working residents. Hardly any stay in Lott for work; outside it, Temple is the main destination (14%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Lott apart on work
Lott is a place people come home to
There are 31 jobs based in Lott, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lott has about 390 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
44% 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 ↓
Lott workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 43 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 330 hours of commuting, 123 more than the state’s typical worker. 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; with 326 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who works in Lott, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 324 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere.
About 390 people are in Lott on a workday afternoon, 43% 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 commute from Lott, by distance
About 44% 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.
Each way, about 43 minutes from Lott
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lott workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 208 commuters (the 16% 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.
The places Lott commutes to
Where Lott clocks in
Lines 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.
Jobs in Lott: what the 31 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lott, 2013 → 2023: 49 → 31. 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 Lott’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Lott: questions
What is the median household income in Lott?
$54,615 (±$7,360) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lott?
14.4%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lott?
43 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lott work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Temple (14%, 22 mi), Waco (12%, 26 mi), Dallas (6%, 111 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lott without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lott, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lott
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.