Work & commute · Wills Point

Work & commute in Wills Point, TX

About one in 5 of Wills Point’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Terrell (8%), Tyler (4%) and Canton (4%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

263 of 1,322 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 1,059 Wills Point residents head out of town to work, 263 work right here, and 1,585 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wills Point.

1,059live here, work elsewhere

263live and work here

1,585work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wills Point goes to work

Wills Point (in town)right here

20%263

Terrell17.1 mi away

8%112

Tyler48.9 mi away

4%53

Canton13.5 mi away

4%47

Dallas44.6 mi away

3%44

Houston205.3 mi away

2%26

Rockwall29 mi away

2%25

Forney26.1 mi away

2%20

Kaufman20.2 mi away

1%18

Fort Worth78.2 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%696

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

How far

How far Wills Point commutes

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

26%

21%

33%

26%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wills Point is balanced between jobs and homes

1.40jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.40 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wills Point are

1,848 jobs are based in Wills Point. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wills Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wills Point

1,848 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Wills Point residents hold

1,322 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+29%

Jobs based in Wills Point, 2013 → 2023: 1,428 → 1,848. 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.