Work & commute · Wilmer

Work & commute in Wilmer, TX

Most working residents leave Wilmer for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (28%), Fort Worth (5%) and Arlington (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42 of 2,153 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 2,111 Wilmer residents head out of town to work, 42 work right here, and 2,253 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wilmer.

2,111live here, work elsewhere

42live and work here

2,253work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wilmer goes to work

Dallas14.4 mi away

28%611

Fort Worth40.9 mi away

5%104

Arlington26.8 mi away

4%93

Irving24.6 mi away

4%93

Lancaster5.4 mi away

4%85

Hutchins3.6 mi away

3%59

Plano31.6 mi away

3%58

Mesquite12.5 mi away

2%50

Grand Prairie20.6 mi away

2%45

Wilmer (in town)right here

2%42

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%913

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

How far

How far Wilmer commutes

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

17%

44%

30%

10%

17%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wilmer is balanced between jobs and homes

1.07jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wilmer are

2,295 jobs are based in Wilmer. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wilmer’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wilmer

2,295 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities68%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Wilmer residents hold

2,153 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+261%

Jobs based in Wilmer, 2013 → 2023: 636 → 2,295. 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.