Work & commute · Electra

Work & commute in Electra, TX

About one in 4 of Electra’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Wichita Falls (27%), Fort Worth (4%) and Iowa Park (2%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

171 of 745 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 574 Electra residents head out of town to work, 171 work right here, and 272 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Electra.

574live here, work elsewhere

171live and work here

272work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Electra goes to work

Wichita Falls24.2 mi away

27%199

Electra (in town)right here

23%171

Fort Worth125.2 mi away

4%31

Iowa Park14.5 mi away

2%18

Burkburnett20.4 mi away

2%17

Dallas150.8 mi away

2%14

Vernon23.2 mi away

2%12

Abilene118.8 mi away

1%10

Lubbock173.5 mi away

1%9

Archer City34.7 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%256

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

How far

How far Electra commutes

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

25%

27%

18%

30%

25%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Electra is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Electra are

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

Jobs based in Electra

443 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Electra residents hold

745 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−38%

Jobs based in Electra, 2013 → 2023: 711 → 443. 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.