Work & commute · Garner

Work & commute in Garner, TX

Most working residents leave Garner for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Worth (15%), Weatherford (14%) and Mineral Wells (6%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 197 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 195 Garner residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 96 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Garner.

195live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

96work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Garner goes to work

Fort Worth37.1 mi away

15%30

Weatherford13.7 mi away

14%28

Mineral Wells5.4 mi away

6%12

Dallas70.8 mi away

6%12

Arlington50.7 mi away

6%11

Peaster6.8 mi away

3%5

Houston260.1 mi away

3%5

Forest Hill43.3 mi away

1%2

Addison67.4 mi away

1%2

Bedford49.3 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%88

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

How far

How far Garner commutes

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

17%

23%

28%

31%

17%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Garner is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Garner are

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

Jobs based in Garner

98 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)99%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Garner residents hold

197 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+880%

Jobs based in Garner, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 98. 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.