Work & commute · Wildorado

Work & commute in Wildorado, TX

Most working residents leave Wildorado for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Amarillo (22%), Lubbock (6%) and Vega (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 69 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 66 Wildorado residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 75 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wildorado.

66live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

75work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wildorado goes to work

Amarillo21.4 mi away

22%15

Lubbock115.3 mi away

6%4

Vega12.7 mi away

4%3

Fort Worth325 mi away

4%3

Wildorado (in town)right here

4%3

Hereford28.8 mi away

3%2

Boys Ranch22.7 mi away

3%2

Phoenix, AZ574.3 mi away

1%1

Syracuse, KS191 mi away

1%1

Guymon, OK110.2 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%34

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

How far

How far Wildorado commutes

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

41%

19%

34%

6%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wildorado is balanced between jobs and homes

1.13jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wildorado are

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

Jobs based in Wildorado

78 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Wildorado residents hold

69 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+100%

Jobs based in Wildorado, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 78. 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.