Work & commute · Weatherford

Work & commute in Weatherford, TX

About one in 5 of Weatherford’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Fort Worth (21%), Dallas (6%) and Arlington (3%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

2,970 of 14,555 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,585 Weatherford residents head out of town to work, 2,970 work right here, and 13,086 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Weatherford.

11,585live here, work elsewhere

2,970live and work here

13,086work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Weatherford goes to work

Fort Worth24.3 mi away

21%3,084

Weatherford (in town)right here

20%2,970

Dallas58.1 mi away

6%933

Arlington37.5 mi away

3%397

Irving46.8 mi away

2%308

Hudson Oaks3.8 mi away

2%243

Mineral Wells18.6 mi away

2%236

Austin169.7 mi away

2%227

Willow Park6.7 mi away

1%210

Houston248.6 mi away

1%205

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%5,742

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

How far

How far Weatherford commutes

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

29%

21%

26%

24%

29%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Weatherford is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Weatherford are

16,056 jobs are based in Weatherford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Weatherford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Weatherford

16,056 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Weatherford residents hold

14,555 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+29%

Jobs based in Weatherford, 2013 → 2023: 12,451 → 16,056. 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.