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Work & commute · Olney

Work & commute in Olney, TX

About one in 3 of Olney’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Graham (5%), Wichita Falls (4%) and Fort Worth (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
32%
469 of 1,456 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
13 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
3%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 987 Olney residents head out of town to work, 469 work right here, and 790 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Olney.

987live here, work elsewhere
469live and work here
790work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Olney goes to work

NewcastleOlneyArcher CityHollidaySeymourHaskellGrahamWichita FallsDallasFort WorthGrand PrairieArlingtonAmarilloAbileneLovingGrahamWichita FallsFort WorthAbileneHollidayArcher CityDallasArlingtonGrand PrairieOlney
1
Olney (in town)right here
32%469
2
Graham21 mi away
5%78
3
Wichita Falls39.8 mi away
4%63
4
Fort Worth91 mi away
4%61
5
Abilene84.7 mi away
2%27
6
Holliday31.4 mi away
2%23
7
Archer City17.5 mi away
1%14
8
Dallas121.9 mi away
1%14
9
Arlington105.2 mi away
1%14
10
Grand Prairie111.2 mi away
1%12
Everywhere elseother towns and states
47%681

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

How far

How far Olney commutes

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

47%Under 10 mi
9%10–24 mi
10%25–50 mi
34%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Olney is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Olney are

1,259 jobs are based in Olney. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Olney’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Olney

1,259 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)43%
Trade, transport & utilities9%
Services (health, schools, offices…)48%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Olney residents hold

1,456 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)37%
Trade, transport & utilities15%
Services (health, schools, offices…)47%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month56%
−18%

Jobs based in Olney, 2013 → 2023: 1,537 → 1,259. 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.

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