Wake Village has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
3% of workers have no commute at all, next to 14% for Texas as a whole. 637 jobs are based in Wake Village, and 2,429 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Wake Village is better than 57% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (C).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Wake Village stands out on work
Much of Wake Village works one town over
46% of working residents work in a town that borders Wake Village: Texarkana (41%) and Nash (5%). Next door ↓
Commutes from Wake Village are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
Wake Village is a place people come home to
There are 637 jobs based in Wake Village, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Wake Village has about 4,000 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Wake Village residents work close to home
63% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Few Wake Village workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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.
Inside Wake Village’s Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds Wake Village’s grade up (2.0%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (14.3%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wake Village could be anywhere from C to A−.
How long Wake Village spends getting to work: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wake Village workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,731 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.
Wake Village by day and by night
On a workday 2,394 residents head out to work, 35 work right here, and 602 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,000 people are in Wake Village on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
How far Wake Village’s workers travel
About 28% 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.
41% of working residents work in Texarkana
Where Wake Village clocks in
41% of workers
9% 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.
What Wake Village’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wake Village, 2014 → 2024: 639 → 637. 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 Wake Village’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most of Wake Village commutes by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,828 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). 1.9% of Wake Village households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wake Village’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,375 U.S. towns of 4,100 to 7,800, Wake Village comes 1,604th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Hickory Creek TX | 6,875 | $149K | 2.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Garden Ridge TX | 4,371 | $177K | 0.4% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,602 | Ohio Township OH | 5,812 | $73K | 14.3% | 2.3% | 6% | B |
| 1,603 | Connerton FL | 7,650 | $124K | 5.0% | 8.7% | 1% | B |
| 1,604 | Wake Village TX | 5,796 | $72K | 14.3% | 2.0% | 1% | B |
| 1,605 | Bonus Township IL | 4,390 | $101K | 10.5% | 6.9% | 1% | B |
| 1,606 | St. James NC | 7,318 | $116K | 4.3% | 6.2% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,375 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 3% | 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 Wake Village, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Bordering towns draw 46% of Wake Village’s workers
The biggest share goes to Texarkana (41%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wake Village workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wake Village | – | B | C | 20 min | $71,574 |
| Texarkana | 41% | C− | B+ | 15 min | $50,573 |
| Nash | 5% | C | B | 17 min | $50,592 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wake Village’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Wake Village: questions
What is the median household income in Wake Village?
$71,574 (±$5,686) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wake Village?
14.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wake Village?
20 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wake Village work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Texarkana (41%, 3 mi), Texarkana (9%, 8 mi), Nash (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Wake Village walkable?
Wake Village is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wake Village without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wake Village, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wake Village
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.