Work & commute · Vernon

Work & commute in Vernon, TX

54% of Vernon’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Wichita Falls (7%), Fort Worth (3%) and Abilene (2%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

54%

2,513 of 4,623 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 2,110 Vernon residents head out of town to work, 2,513 work right here, and 2,355 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vernon.

2,110live here, work elsewhere

2,513live and work here

2,355work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vernon goes to work

Vernon (in town)right here

54%2,513

Wichita Falls47.4 mi away

7%340

Fort Worth146.8 mi away

3%124

Abilene119.7 mi away

2%91

Dallas173.4 mi away

2%74

Arlington160.4 mi away

1%50

Quanah27.3 mi away

1%44

Houston378.6 mi away

1%37

Denton139.8 mi away

1%36

Austin280.9 mi away

1%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%1,280

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

How far

How far Vernon commutes

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

56%

10%

32%

56%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vernon is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Vernon are

4,868 jobs are based in Vernon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Vernon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Vernon

4,868 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Vernon residents hold

4,623 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+3%

Jobs based in Vernon, 2013 → 2023: 4,741 → 4,868. 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.