Photo: Nicolas Henderson from Coppell, Texas · CC BY 2.0Toyah has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
7 jobs are based in Toyah, and 14 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Toyah for work; outside it, Lubbock is the main destination (14%, 191 miles). 0% of workers work from home, next to 14% for Texas as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Toyah on a workday afternoon
On a workday 14 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 53 people are in Toyah on a workday afternoon, 12% 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.
Where people from Toyah work
Where Toyah clocks in
7% 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.
In Toyah, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Toyah, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 7. 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 Toyah’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Toyah
of Toyah workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5 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 many miles Toyah commutes
About 77% 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 Toyah: questions
What is the median household income in Toyah?
$43,438 (±$40,959) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Toyah?
18.2%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Toyah work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lubbock (14%, 191 mi), Snyder (7%, 195 mi), Lumberton (7%, 574 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Toyah without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Toyah, from the people who make the trip.
More of Toyah
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.