Work & commute · Windthorst

Work & commute in Windthorst, TX

Most working residents leave Windthorst for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Wichita Falls (32%), Archer City (6%) and Fort Worth (6%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 113 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 109 Windthorst residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Windthorst.

109live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

80work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Windthorst goes to work

Wichita Falls23.4 mi away

32%36

Archer City11.1 mi away

6%7

Fort Worth83.4 mi away

6%7

Windthorst (in town)right here

4%4

Olney23.7 mi away

3%3

Lawton, OK71.9 mi away

2%2

Crowell79.2 mi away

2%2

Holliday22 mi away

2%2

Henrietta21.5 mi away

2%2

Grand Prairie102.7 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%46

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

How far

How far Windthorst commutes

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

46%

40%

8%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Windthorst is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Windthorst are

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

Jobs based in Windthorst

84 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Windthorst residents hold

113 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−26%

Jobs based in Windthorst, 2013 → 2023: 114 → 84. 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.