Work & commute · Graham

Work & commute in Graham, TX

About one in 3 of Graham’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Fort Worth (4%), Wichita Falls (3%) and Olney (2%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34%

1,362 of 3,970 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 2,608 Graham residents head out of town to work, 1,362 work right here, and 2,073 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Graham.

2,608live here, work elsewhere

1,362live and work here

2,073work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Graham goes to work

Graham (in town)right here

34%1,362

Fort Worth74.6 mi away

4%170

Wichita Falls55.8 mi away

3%129

Olney21 mi away

2%91

Abilene80.9 mi away

2%85

Dallas107.1 mi away

2%73

Arlington88.7 mi away

2%63

Jacksboro25.7 mi away

1%58

Irving94.7 mi away

1%53

Denton83.5 mi away

1%42

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%1,844

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

How far

How far Graham commutes

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

41%

45%

41%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

45%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Graham is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Graham are

3,435 jobs are based in Graham. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Graham’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Graham

3,435 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Graham residents hold

3,970 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−21%

Jobs based in Graham, 2013 → 2023: 4,371 → 3,435. 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.