Photo: Nicolas Henderson from Coppell, Texas · CC BY 2.0Work and commuting in Windthorst
Working from home is the commute for 1% of workers; Texas has 14%. Only 4% work in Windthorst itself; outside it, Wichita Falls draws the most (32%, 23 miles). The trip to work takes 24 minutes on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Windthorst: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 109 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 80 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.
0.74 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The places Windthorst commutes to
Where Windthorst clocks in
32% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
The 84 jobs based in Windthorst
84 jobs are based in Windthorst.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Windthorst, 2013 → 2023: 114 → 84. 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 Windthorst’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Windthorst: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Windthorst workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 200 commuters (the 1% 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.
The distance from Windthorst to work
About 40% 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.
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 Windthorst: questions
What is the median household income in Windthorst?
$65,179 (±$43,720) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Windthorst?
11.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Windthorst?
24 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Windthorst work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wichita Falls (32%, 23 mi), Archer City (6%, 11 mi), Fort Worth (6%, 83 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Windthorst without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Windthorst, from the people who make the trip.
More of Windthorst
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.