Work & commute · Wolfe

Work & commute in Wolfe, TX

Most working residents leave Wolfe for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Greenville (15%), Dallas (10%) and Commerce (8%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38 of 726 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 688 Wolfe residents head out of town to work, 38 work right here, and 127 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wolfe.

688live here, work elsewhere

38live and work here

127work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wolfe goes to work

Greenville17.9 mi away

15%108

Dallas56.5 mi away

10%76

Commerce13.3 mi away

8%61

Wolfe City (in town)right here

5%38

Plano44.8 mi away

3%25

McKinney36.1 mi away

2%16

Fort Worth84.3 mi away

2%16

Bonham16.6 mi away

2%14

Sulphur Springs30.7 mi away

2%13

Irving62.8 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%347

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

How far

How far Wolfe commutes

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

11%

30%

25%

34%

11%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wolfe is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wolfe are

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

Jobs based in Wolfe

165 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)58%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)14%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Wolfe residents hold

726 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−12%

Jobs based in Wolfe, 2013 → 2023: 188 → 165. 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.