Unemployment in Wilmer (14.4%) is among the highest in the country
4% of workers work from home (Texas 14%). For jobs and income Wilmer is better than 23% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (D). Only 2% work in Wilmer; the top destination outside it is Dallas (28%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Wilmer apart
Jobs in Wilmer have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Wilmer went from 636 in 2013 to 2,295 in 2023, +261%. The jobs ↓
Wilmer trades workers with the towns around it
Wilmer has about as many jobs (2,295) as working residents (2,153), but they are mostly different people: 2,111 residents leave for work each day while 2,253 people come in. Only 2% of the jobs in Wilmer are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
68% of the jobs in Wilmer are in trade, transport and utilities, against 25% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Wilmer and Dallas trade workers both ways
Dallas is the top workplace for Wilmer residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in Wilmer come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The jobs in Wilmer pay better than its residents’ jobs
73% of the jobs based in Wilmer pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 57% of the jobs Wilmer residents hold. 98% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Wilmer. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The four measures behind Wilmer’s grade
Job access by car holds Wilmer’s grade up (ahead of 95% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wilmer could be anywhere from C− to A−.
73% of the jobs in Wilmer pay over $3,333 a month
2,295 jobs are based in Wilmer.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wilmer, 2013 → 2023: 636 → 2,295. 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 Wilmer’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Wilmer on a workday
On a workday 2,111 residents head out to work, 42 work right here, and 2,253 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 (1.07 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.
Where Wilmer’s working residents head each day
Where Wilmer clocks in
5% 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.
About 33 minutes to work from Wilmer
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wilmer workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,149 commuters (the 4% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Wilmer
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.
For most of Wilmer, work means a drive
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 2,234 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.7% of Wilmer households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wilmer’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Wilmer ranks: 2,646th of 3,253 U.S. towns of 4,700 to 9,100
| # | 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 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| 4 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Hickory Creek TX | 6,875 | $149K | 2.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Alamo Heights TX | 7,632 | $183K | 2.5% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,644 | Alfred NY | 5,147 | $41K | 37.4% | 16.4% | 24% | C− |
| 2,645 | Sayre PA | 5,328 | $51K | 7.8% | 11.9% | 30% | C− |
| 2,646 | Wilmer TX | 6,768 | $60K | 32.7% | 14.4% | 2% | C− |
| 2,647 | Creston IA | 7,335 | $53K | 15.8% | 3.6% | 41% | C− |
| 2,648 | Prospect Park NJ | 6,450 | $53K | 28.3% | 11.5% | 4% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,253 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Wilmer, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
The towns around Wilmer
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Lancaster. Darker towns draw more of Wilmer’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 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 Wilmer: questions
What is the median household income in Wilmer?
$59,626 (±$16,411) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wilmer?
32.7%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wilmer?
33 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wilmer work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (28%, 14 mi), Fort Worth (5%, 41 mi), Arlington (4%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wilmer walkable?
Wilmer is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wilmer without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wilmer, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wilmer
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.