Photo: Profdumpster · CC BY 4.0Work, pay and getting to work in Valentine
19 jobs are based in Valentine, against 22 working residents. 0% of workers have no commute at all; Texas has 14%. Hardly any work in Valentine itself; outside it, Midland draws the most (14%, 172 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Valentine
On a workday 22 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Valentine: the destinations
Where Valentine clocks in
14% of workers
14% of workers
9% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Valentine, 2013 → 2023: 52 → 19. 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 Valentine’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Valentine
of Valentine workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7 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.
Miles to work from Valentine
About 64% 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 Valentine: questions
What is the median household income in Valentine?
$33,398 (±$20,046) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Valentine?
15.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Valentine work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Midland (14%, 172 mi), Fort Davis (14%, 36 mi), El Paso (9%, 144 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Valentine 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 Valentine, from the people who make the trip.
More of Valentine
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.