Making a living in Opdyke West
Hardly any stay in Opdyke West for work; outside it, Lubbock is the main destination (36%, 24 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Texas as a whole has 14%. The average commute takes 19 minutes each way, where Texas has 27 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Opdyke West by day and by night
On a workday 103 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Opdyke West on a workday afternoon, 43% fewer than live here.
0.00 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.
Out of Opdyke West to work: where people go
Where Opdyke West clocks in
17% 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.
Getting to work from Opdyke West takes 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 Opdyke West workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 137 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.
The commute from Opdyke West, by distance
About 29% 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 Opdyke West: questions
What is the median household income in Opdyke West?
$52,031 (±$6,718) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Opdyke West?
7.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Opdyke West?
19 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Opdyke West work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lubbock (36%, 24 mi), Levelland (17%, 4 mi), Dallas (4%, 325 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Opdyke West without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Opdyke West, from the people who make the trip.
More of Opdyke West
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.