Work & commute · Nocona

Work & commute in Nocona, TX

About one in 3 of Nocona’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Fort Worth (5%), Wichita Falls (5%) and Bowie (4%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

426 of 1,417 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 991 Nocona residents head out of town to work, 426 work right here, and 650 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nocona.

991live here, work elsewhere

426live and work here

650work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nocona goes to work

Nocona (in town)right here

30%426

Fort Worth72.6 mi away

5%75

Wichita Falls46.4 mi away

5%74

Bowie17 mi away

4%62

Gainesville34.9 mi away

4%58

Irving77.6 mi away

2%31

Dallas88.2 mi away

2%22

Denton51.8 mi away

1%21

Decatur39.4 mi away

1%20

Muenster22.3 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%610

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

How far

How far Nocona commutes

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

33%

16%

41%

33%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nocona is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Nocona are

1,076 jobs are based in Nocona. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Nocona’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Nocona

1,076 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Nocona residents hold

1,417 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+4%

Jobs based in Nocona, 2013 → 2023: 1,039 → 1,076. 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.