Household incomes in Wellington trail those of 78% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Wellington D−; getting around on foot earns it B−. The poverty rate is 22.4%, against 13.8% across Texas. For 3% of workers, the job is at home, against 14% across Texas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Wellington at work: what stands out
Wellington’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Wellington is Amarillo, 95 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (61) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Most jobs in Wellington go to people who live here
Of the 510 jobs based in Wellington, 51% are held by Wellington residents. In most towns, people from elsewhere hold most of the local jobs. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Wellington are quick
The average trip to work takes 14 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 100 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 652 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Wellington
On income, poverty and job access, Wellington is better than 4% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Wellington’s grade up ($57,050, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 2% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.2%) is left out: Wellington’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Wellington could be anywhere from D− to D.
Half of Wellington commutes less than 18 miles
About 38% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The daily flow of workers through Wellington
On a workday 390 residents head out to work, 262 work right here, and 248 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 (0.78 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Time on the road from Wellington: about 14 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wellington workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 862 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.
9% of working residents work in Amarillo
Where Wellington clocks in
9% 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.
What the 510 jobs in Wellington are
510 jobs are based in Wellington.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wellington, 2013 → 2023: 512 → 510. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wellington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Wellington, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wellington is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.8% 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 890 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). 2.1% of Wellington households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wellington’s commuters take a bus or train.
Wellington next to U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 27 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,659 | Quitman MS | 1,925 | $48K | 27.7% | 1.5% | 25% | D− |
| 5,660 | Chadbourn NC | 1,539 | $46K | 30.6% | 0.0% | 5% | D− |
| 5,661 | Wellington TX | 1,770 | $57K | 22.4% | 0.2% | 40% | D− |
| 5,662 | Victoria VA | 1,744 | $41K | 17.9% | 3.8% | 3% | D− |
| 5,663 | Maple Grove Township MI | 1,345 | $58K | 23.8% | 11.3% | 5% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Wellington, 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 2023, 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 Wellington: questions
What is the median household income in Wellington?
$57,050 (±$9,594) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wellington?
22.4%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wellington?
14 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wellington work?
40% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Amarillo (9%, 94 mi), Canyon (3%, 97 mi), Lubbock (2%, 131 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wellington walkable?
Wellington is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wellington 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 Wellington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wellington
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.