Photo: Leaflet · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Sudan works elsewhere
There are 121 jobs in Sudan for 421 working residents. Only 6% work in Sudan; the top destination outside it is Lubbock (15%, 50 miles). Home is the office for 1% of workers; Texas has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Sudan: the figures worth knowing
Sudan’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Sudan is Lubbock, 50 miles away as the crow flies. 15% of working residents (65) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
38% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Sudan is a place people come home to
There are 121 jobs based in Sudan, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Sudan has about 630 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 421 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The distance from Sudan to work
About 38% 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.
Who commutes out of Sudan, and who commutes in
On a workday 397 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 97 people come in from elsewhere.
About 630 people are in Sudan on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
The places Sudan commutes to
Where Sudan clocks in
6% of workers
5% 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.
37% of the jobs in Sudan make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sudan, 2013 → 2023: 128 → 121. 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 Sudan’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Sudan: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sudan workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 487 commuters (the 1% 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.
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 Sudan: questions
What is the median household income in Sudan?
$70,625 (±$17,533) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sudan?
7.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sudan?
17 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sudan work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lubbock (15%, 50 mi), Littlefield (6%, 15 mi), Amarillo (5%, 88 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sudan without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sudan, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sudan
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.