Work & commute · Mineral Wells

Work & commute in Mineral Wells, TX

About one in 3 of Mineral Wells’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Fort Worth (3%), Weatherford (3%) and Abilene (2%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37%

1,966 of 5,347 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 3,381 Mineral Wells residents head out of town to work, 1,966 work right here, and 4,081 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mineral Wells.

3,381live here, work elsewhere

1,966live and work here

4,081work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mineral Wells goes to work

Mineral Wells (in town)right here

37%1,966

Fort Worth42.4 mi away

3%175

Weatherford18.6 mi away

3%166

Abilene99.9 mi away

2%116

Dallas76.1 mi away

2%103

Austin175.3 mi away

2%94

Midland241.7 mi away

2%90

Houston263 mi away

1%74

San Antonio233.5 mi away

1%66

Lubbock226.2 mi away

1%66

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%2,431

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

How far

How far Mineral Wells commutes

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

41%

12%

10%

38%

41%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mineral Wells is balanced between jobs and homes

1.13jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mineral Wells are

6,047 jobs are based in Mineral Wells. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mineral Wells’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mineral Wells

6,047 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Mineral Wells residents hold

5,347 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−12%

Jobs based in Mineral Wells, 2013 → 2023: 6,851 → 6,047. 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.