Work & commute · Wortham

Work & commute in Wortham, TX

Most working residents leave Wortham for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Mexia (9%), Dallas (9%) and Corsicana (7%). Half commute less than 61 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 445 working residents

Typical commute

61 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 423 Wortham residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 234 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wortham.

423live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

234work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wortham goes to work

Mexia8 mi away

9%41

Dallas71.3 mi away

9%40

Corsicana19.9 mi away

7%32

Fairfield17.9 mi away

7%30

Wortham (in town)right here

5%22

Waco45.9 mi away

3%13

Fort Worth85.7 mi away

2%10

Houston152.7 mi away

2%10

Mansfield66 mi away

2%9

Grand Prairie69.3 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%229

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

How far

How far Wortham commutes

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

16%

20%

11%

53%

16%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

53%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wortham is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wortham are

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

Jobs based in Wortham

256 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Wortham residents hold

445 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−24%

Jobs based in Wortham, 2013 → 2023: 338 → 256. 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.