Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Archer City have lower incomes than those in 85% of U.S. towns
Archer City grades D for jobs and income and A− for walkability. For 3% of workers, the job is at home (Texas 14%). About one in ten work in Archer City itself; outside it, Wichita Falls draws the most (33%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Archer City
A big share show a job far from home
44% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Archer City and Wichita Falls trade workers both ways
Wichita Falls is the top workplace for Archer City residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Archer City come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Archer City than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Archer City fell from 551 in 2014 to 364 in 2024, −34%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 619 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Archer City’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Archer City is better than 14% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Archer City’s grade up (13.8%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($52,500, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Archer City’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Archer City could be anywhere from D− to B−.
Half of Archer City commutes less than 25 miles
About 44% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Where the trip to work from Archer City ends
Where Archer City clocks in
33% of workers
4% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
31% of the jobs in Archer City make or build things
364 jobs are based in Archer City.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Archer City, 2014 → 2024: 551 → 364. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Archer City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Archer City on a workday afternoon
On a workday 569 residents head out to work, 50 work right here, and 314 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Archer City on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.59 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Each way, about 23 minutes from Archer City
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Archer City workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 518 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Archer City is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Archer City is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.0% across Texas, on an EPA index of 7.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 532 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.9% of Archer City households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Archer City’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200, Archer City ranks 4,815th of 6,161 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 4% | A+ |
| 29 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,813 | Enterprise OR | 2,103 | $58K | 10.2% | 7.1% | 48% | D |
| 4,814 | Greenfield TN | 2,020 | $47K | 13.5% | 2.4% | 14% | D |
| 4,815 | Archer City TX | 1,627 | $53K | 13.8% | 0.0% | 8% | D |
| 4,816 | Reading Township MI | 1,734 | $66K | 17.1% | 4.9% | 1% | D |
| 4,817 | Woodville CA | 1,460 | $55K | 19.2% | 14.5% | 4% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Archer City, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Archer City: questions
What is the median household income in Archer City?
$52,500 (±$40,830) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Archer City?
13.8%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Archer City?
23 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Archer City work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wichita Falls (33%, 22 mi), Olney (4%, 18 mi), Fort Worth (4%, 93 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Archer City walkable?
Archer City is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Archer City without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Archer City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Archer City
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.