Work & commute · Jacksboro

Work & commute in Jacksboro, TX

About one in 4 of Jacksboro’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Fort Worth (7%), Graham (3%) and Wichita Falls (2%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

441 of 1,902 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 1,461 Jacksboro residents head out of town to work, 441 work right here, and 791 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jacksboro.

1,461live here, work elsewhere

441live and work here

791work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jacksboro goes to work

Jacksboro (in town)right here

23%441

Fort Worth56.3 mi away

7%124

Graham25.7 mi away

3%49

Wichita Falls51.3 mi away

2%46

Arlington70.3 mi away

2%43

Bridgeport22.3 mi away

2%42

Weatherford39.9 mi away

2%33

Abilene106.1 mi away

2%30

Mineral Wells28.6 mi away

1%28

Dallas86.2 mi away

1%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%1,039

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

How far

How far Jacksboro commutes

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

33%

14%

45%

33%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

45%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jacksboro is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Jacksboro are

1,232 jobs are based in Jacksboro. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jacksboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jacksboro

1,232 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Jacksboro residents hold

1,902 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−15%

Jobs based in Jacksboro, 2013 → 2023: 1,457 → 1,232. 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.