Work means Lubbock for more than half of New Deal’s working residents
Hardly any work in New Deal itself; outside it, Lubbock draws the most (59%, 12 miles). Commuters spend 19 minutes getting to work on average; Texas averages 27, the U.S. 26. Employers in New Deal report 189 jobs, and 307 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
New Deal and work: the main findings
More than half of New Deal works in Lubbock
180 working residents, 59%, have their main job in Lubbock, 12 miles away. That’s 59 times as many as work in New Deal itself. The commute map ↓
Commutes from New Deal are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 307 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The places New Deal commutes to
Where New Deal clocks in
3% of workers
2% 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 trip from New Deal: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Deal workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 338 commuters (the 17% 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.
New Deal quiets down on a workday
On a workday 304 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 186 people come in from elsewhere.
About 630 people are in New Deal on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.62 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 2024, primary jobs.
Jobs in New Deal: what the 189 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Deal, 2014 → 2024: 151 → 189. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Deal’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far New Deal’s workers travel
About 24% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 New Deal: questions
What is the median household income in New Deal?
$96,500 (±$50,889) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Deal?
13.8%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Deal?
19 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Deal work?
1% work in town.
Can you get around New Deal without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Deal, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Deal
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.