Work & commute · Archer

Work & commute in Archer, TX

Most working residents leave Archer for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Wichita Falls (30%), Fort Worth (6%) and Olney (3%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

41 of 549 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 508 Archer residents head out of town to work, 41 work right here, and 323 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Archer.

508live here, work elsewhere

41live and work here

323work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Archer goes to work

Wichita Falls22.5 mi away

30%162

Archer City (in town)right here

7%41

Fort Worth92.7 mi away

6%35

Olney17.5 mi away

3%17

Abilene101.6 mi away

3%16

Denton89.5 mi away

2%10

Windthorst11.1 mi away

2%9

Dallas120.9 mi away

2%9

Irving108.4 mi away

2%9

Stephenville98.1 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%234

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Archer commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

38%

46%

9%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

46%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Archer is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.66 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Archer are

364 jobs are based in Archer. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Archer’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Archer

364 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Archer residents hold

549 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−41%

Jobs based in Archer, 2013 → 2023: 617 → 364. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.