Photo: Leaflet · CC BY-SA 3.0A transit town: 57% of Spade’s commuters take a bus or train
No jobs are based in Spade in the Census job records; 28 of its residents work elsewhere. 0% of workers have no commute at all (Texas 14%). Hardly any work in Spade; the top destination outside it is Plainview (11%, 31 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Spade quiets down on a workday
On a workday 28 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5 people are in Spade on a workday afternoon, 85% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where Spade goes to work
Where Spade clocks in
11% of workers
7% 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.
Working from home in Spade
of Spade workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 23 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 Spade goes to work
About 46% 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 Spade: questions
What is the poverty rate in Spade?
0.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Spade work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Plainview (11%, 31 mi), Amarillo (7%, 90 mi), Lubbock (7%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Spade without a car?
EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Spade, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spade
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.