Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Weatherford has lower unemployment (3.2%) than 66% of U.S. towns
Working residents average 25 minutes each way (Texas 27, U.S. 26). Jobs and income earn Weatherford B+; getting around on foot earns it B. About one in five work in Weatherford itself; outside it, Fort Worth draws the most (21%, 24 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Weatherford apart
Weatherford trades workers with the towns around it
Weatherford has about as many jobs (16,592) as working residents (14,819), but they are mostly different people: 11,933 residents leave for work each day while 13,706 people come in. Only 17% of the jobs in Weatherford are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Weatherford draws workers from far and wide
The 16,592 jobs in Weatherford are filled from a wide area. Weatherford’s own residents hold 17% and the ten next-biggest home towns 16%; the other 67% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Weatherford’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Weatherford is Fort Worth, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 21% of working residents (3,112) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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.
How Weatherford earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Weatherford is better than 69% of U.S. towns, #203 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds Weatherford’s grade up (ahead of 77% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (10.0%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Weatherford could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Weatherford on a workday afternoon
On a workday 11,933 residents head out to work, 2,886 work right here, and 13,706 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Weatherford goes to work
Where Weatherford clocks in
21% of workers
3% 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.
How far Weatherford goes to work
About 25% 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.
The 16,592 jobs based in Weatherford
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Weatherford, 2014 → 2024: 12,742 → 16,592. 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 Weatherford’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Weatherford: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Weatherford workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 15,503 commuters (the 13% 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.
In Weatherford, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Weatherford is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns, #157 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.2% 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 17,724 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). 6.0% of Weatherford households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Weatherford’s commuters take a bus or train.
Weatherford is 544th of 1,101 U.S. towns of 28,000 to 55,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Keller TX | 46,078 | $175K | 3.4% | 2.7% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Coppell TX | 41,386 | $146K | 5.4% | 2.6% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 542 | Huber Heights OH | 43,905 | $79K | 9.6% | 3.4% | 8% | B+ |
| 543 | Cleburne TX | 39,942 | $71K | 10.0% | 2.0% | 22% | B+ |
| 544 | Weatherford TX | 40,634 | $82K | 10.0% | 3.2% | 19% | B+ |
| 545 | Puyallup WA | 42,682 | $98K | 7.0% | 6.0% | 12% | B+ |
| 546 | La Verne CA | 30,178 | $104K | 8.5% | 7.1% | 7% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,101 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 25% | 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 Weatherford, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Around Weatherford: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Hudson Oaks (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Weatherford workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weatherford | – | B+ | B | 25 min | $81,516 |
| Willow Park | 1% | A | B− | 30 min | $132,045 |
| Hudson Oaks | 2% | A | C+ | 30 min | $124,545 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Weatherford’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 Weatherford: questions
What is the median household income in Weatherford?
$81,516 (±$9,025) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Weatherford?
10.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Weatherford?
25 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Weatherford work?
19% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Worth (21%, 24 mi), Dallas (6%, 58 mi), Arlington (3%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Weatherford walkable?
Weatherford is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Weatherford without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Weatherford, from the people who make the trip.
More of Weatherford
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.