Work & commute · Ben Wheeler

Work & commute in Ben Wheeler, TX

Most working residents leave Ben Wheeler for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Tyler (16%), Van (7%) and Athens (7%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 184 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

61 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 181 Ben Wheeler residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 434 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ben Wheeler.

181live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

434work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ben Wheeler goes to work

Tyler24.7 mi away

16%29

Van6.5 mi away

7%12

Athens18.5 mi away

7%12

Houston184.8 mi away

5%10

Canton12 mi away

3%6

Dallas66.4 mi away

3%6

Greenville51.7 mi away

2%4

Brownsboro11.5 mi away

2%3

Wills Point25.3 mi away

2%3

Mount Pleasant64.8 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%96

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

How far

How far Ben Wheeler commutes

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

14%

30%

17%

39%

14%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ben Wheeler is a job hub

2.38jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ben Wheeler are

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

Jobs based in Ben Wheeler

437 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)80%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Ben Wheeler residents hold

184 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+468%

Jobs based in Ben Wheeler, 2013 → 2023: 77 → 437. 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.