Work & commute · Wake

Work & commute in Wake, TX

Most working residents leave Wake for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Texarkana (44%), Texarkana (9%) and Nash (4%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33 of 2,401 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 2,368 Wake residents head out of town to work, 33 work right here, and 616 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wake.

2,368live here, work elsewhere

33live and work here

616work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wake goes to work

Texarkana3 mi away

44%1,059

Texarkana, AR8.1 mi away

9%216

Nash1.7 mi away

4%105

Dallas158.8 mi away

2%56

Longview72.4 mi away

2%40

Wake Village (in town)right here

1%33

New Boston17 mi away

1%30

Mount Pleasant52.3 mi away

1%30

Houston262.1 mi away

1%27

Tyler102.6 mi away

1%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%780

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

How far

How far Wake commutes

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

65%

27%

65%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wake is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wake are

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

Jobs based in Wake

649 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Wake residents hold

2,401 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−5%

Jobs based in Wake, 2013 → 2023: 684 → 649. 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.