Most of Meadow commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
The trip to work takes 38 minutes on average (Texas 27, U.S. 26). There are 54 jobs in Meadow; 214 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Meadow itself; outside it, Lubbock draws the most (28%, 24 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Meadow: the figures worth knowing
Meadow is a place people come home to
There are 54 jobs based in Meadow, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Meadow has about 460 people in it, 26% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Meadow workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
28% of Meadow works in Lubbock
59 working residents, 28%, have their main job in Lubbock, 24 miles away. That’s 14 times as many as work in Meadow itself. The commute map ↓
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 214 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Meadow on a workday
On a workday 210 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 50 people come in from elsewhere.
About 460 people are in Meadow on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
Time on the road from Meadow: about 38 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Meadow workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 260 commuters (the 9% 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 Meadow’s working residents head each day
Where Meadow clocks in
14% of workers
4% 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.
A place that makes things: 63% of Meadow’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Meadow, 2013 → 2023: 42 → 54. 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 Meadow’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Meadow works
About 27% 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 Meadow: questions
What is the median household income in Meadow?
$49,342 (±$32,317) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Meadow?
10.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Meadow?
38 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Meadow work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lubbock (28%, 24 mi), Brownfield (14%, 12 mi), Levelland (4%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Meadow without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Meadow, from the people who make the trip.
More of Meadow
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.