Work & commute · Chillicothe

Work & commute in Chillicothe, TX

Most working residents leave Chillicothe for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Quanah (34%), Vernon (11%) and Wichita Falls (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 228 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 216 Chillicothe residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 100 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chillicothe.

216live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

100work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chillicothe goes to work

Quanah13.3 mi away

34%78

Vernon14.3 mi away

11%24

Chillicothe (in town)right here

5%12

Wichita Falls61.5 mi away

5%11

Fort Worth161 mi away

3%6

Abilene125.1 mi away

2%5

Argyle156.1 mi away

2%4

Lawton, OK67.1 mi away

1%3

Childress45.6 mi away

1%3

Austin292.1 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%79

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

How far

How far Chillicothe commutes

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

49%

39%

9%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chillicothe is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chillicothe are

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

Jobs based in Chillicothe

112 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Chillicothe residents hold

228 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−61%

Jobs based in Chillicothe, 2013 → 2023: 287 → 112. 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.