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Jobs & commute in Mobeetie

Mobeetie has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each

Employers in Mobeetie report 1 jobs; 30 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Mobeetie for work; outside it, Wheeler is the main destination (23%, 11 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

Day and night

Mobeetie on a workday afternoon

On a workday 30 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.

30live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night86
Workday57
86live here− 30head out to work+ 1come in to work= 57on a workday

About 57 people are in Mobeetie on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.03jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 map

Where people from Mobeetie work

Elk City: 1 residents work here (3%)MobeetieWheeler: 7 residents work here (23%)Floydada: 1 residents work here (3%)Pampa: 3 residents work here (10%)BorgerBryan: 1 residents work here (3%)Austin: 2 residents work here (7%)Fort Worth: 1 residents work here (3%)Houston: 1 residents work here (3%)Amarillo: 2 residents work here (7%)Abilene: 1 residents work here (3%)WheelerPampaAustinAmarilloElk CityFloydadaMobeetie
1
Wheeler11.3 mi away
23%7
2
Pampa29.5 mi away
10%3
3
Austin393.8 mi away
7%2
4
Amarillo81.6 mi away
7%2
5
Elk City, OK57.8 mi away
3%1
6
Floydada118.6 mi away
3%1
7
Bryan410.2 mi away
3%1
8
Fort Worth259.6 mi away
3%1
9
Houston493.9 mi away
3%1
10
Abilene216.5 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
33%10
The top trips

Where Mobeetie 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.

The jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

Jobs based in MobeetieJobs Mobeetie residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%13%
Trade, transport & utilities0%17%
Services: health, schools, offices100%70%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%30%
Over $3,333 a month100%50%

Who does it

29 or younger100%23%
30 to 540%53%
55 and older0%23%
−97%

Jobs based in Mobeetie, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 1. 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 Mobeetie’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Time on the road from Mobeetie: about 24 minutes

A year of commuting
182 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Mobeetie24 min
Texas27 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Mobeetie workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Mobeetie gets to work
79%Drive alone
21%Carpool

Share of the 42 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.

How far

The distance from Mobeetie to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miWheeler: 23% · 11.3 miPampa: 10% · 29.5 miAustin: 7% · 393.8 miAmarillo: 7% · 81.6 miElk City: 3% · 57.8 miFloydada: 3% · 118.6 miBryan: 3% · 410.2 miFort Worth: 3% · 259.6 miHouston: 3% · 493.9 miAbilene: 3% · 216.5 miWheeler 23%Pampa 10%Austin 7%Amarillo 7%Mobeetie
MobeetieTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
47%10–24 mi14 residents
13%25–50 mi4 residents
40%Over 50 mi12 residents

About 40% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Mobeetie: questions

What is the median household income in Mobeetie?

$64,167 (±$50,147) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Mobeetie?

1.6%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Mobeetie?

24 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Mobeetie work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wheeler (23%, 11 mi), Pampa (10%, 30 mi), Austin (7%, 394 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Mobeetie without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Mobeetie, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Mobeetie

Mobeetie home →

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.