More people are out of work in Wills Point (5.1%) than in 63% of U.S. towns
At home: 8% of workers have no commute at all (Texas 14%). Wills Point grades C+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. About one in five work in Wills Point; the top destination outside it is Terrell (8%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Wills Point
Wills Point workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% 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 ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Wills Point
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wills Point is better than 37% of U.S. towns, #366 of 642 in Texas. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Wills Point’s grade.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wills Point could be anywhere from D to A−.
Wills Point’s commute takes about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wills Point workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,566 commuters (the 8% 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.
How far it is to work from Wills Point
About 33% 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 Wills Point
On a workday 1,059 residents head out to work, 263 work right here, and 1,585 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,600 people are in Wills Point on a workday afternoon, 13% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.40 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.
Out of Wills Point to work: where people go
Where Wills Point clocks in
8% 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.
What work there is in Wills Point: 1,848 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wills Point, 2013 → 2023: 1,428 → 1,848. 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 Wills Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Driving is how Wills Point gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wills Point is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns, #315 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Wills Point near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,704 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). 8.2% of Wills Point households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wills Point’s commuters take a bus or train.
Wills Point next to U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,400: 2,709th of 4,177 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| 4 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 5 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,707 | Cuba MO | 3,288 | $46K | 14.0% | 0.6% | 28% | C+ |
| 2,708 | Moscow Mills MO | 4,388 | $73K | 10.1% | 6.7% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,709 | Wills Point TX | 4,033 | $72K | 12.3% | 5.1% | 20% | C+ |
| 2,710 | Grant Township MI | 3,406 | $74K | 9.8% | 4.9% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,711 | North Dansville NY | 5,223 | $57K | 6.3% | 4.4% | 23% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,177 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Wills Point, 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 Wills Point: questions
What is the median household income in Wills Point?
$71,919 (±$10,581) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wills Point?
12.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wills Point?
37 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wills Point work?
20% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Terrell (8%, 17 mi), Tyler (4%, 49 mi), Canton (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wills Point walkable?
Wills Point is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wills Point without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wills Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wills Point
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.