Texhoma at work: jobs, income and the commute
The trip to work takes 35 minutes on average, where Texas has 27 and the U.S. 26. 0% of workers work from home, where Texas as a whole has 14%. Hardly any work in Texhoma itself; outside it, Stratford draws the most (24%, 19 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Texhoma, and who commutes in
On a workday 85 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in Texhoma on a workday afternoon, 34% 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 the trip to work from Texhoma ends
Where Texhoma clocks in
24% of workers
11% of workers
6% 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.
Commuting from Texhoma: about 35 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Texhoma workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 148 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 Texhoma’s workers travel
About 41% 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 Texhoma: questions
What is the median household income in Texhoma?
$53,875 (±$24,745) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Texhoma?
10.1%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Texhoma?
35 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Texhoma work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stratford (24%, 19 mi), Amarillo (11%, 89 mi), Dalhart (6%, 50 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Texhoma without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Texhoma, from the people who make the trip.
More of Texhoma
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.