Wolfe City has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Household incomes here are lower than in 85% of U.S. towns. 165 jobs are based in Wolfe City; 726 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Wolfe City are D for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Wolfe City and work: the main findings
Wolfe City is a place people come home to
There are 165 jobs based in Wolfe City, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Wolfe City has about 940 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Wolfe City 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
34% 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; with 726 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Wolfe City: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Wolfe City is better than 9% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Wolfe City’s grade up (ahead of 30% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (22.9%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (5.2%) is left out: Wolfe City’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, Wolfe City could be anywhere from D− to C−.
The daily commute in and out of Wolfe City
On a workday 688 residents head out to work, 38 work right here, and 127 people come in from elsewhere.
About 940 people are in Wolfe City on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 37 minutes each way, longer than most of Texas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wolfe City workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 419 commuters (the 11% 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.
Where in the region Wolfe City works
About 34% 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.
15% of working residents work in Greenville
Where Wolfe City clocks in
15% of workers
8% 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.
A place that makes things: 58% of Wolfe City’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wolfe City, 2013 → 2023: 188 → 165. 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 Wolfe City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting around Wolfe City: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wolfe City is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.0% across Texas, on an EPA index of 5.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 471 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). 9.1% of Wolfe City households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Wolfe City’s commuters take a bus or train.
4,580th of 5,397: where Wolfe City ranks among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 26 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,578 | Stockton IL | 1,669 | $47K | 15.6% | 4.6% | 16% | D |
| 4,579 | Weldon NC | 1,374 | $48K | 17.5% | 6.5% | 6% | D |
| 4,580 | Wolfe City TX | 1,503 | $52K | 22.9% | 5.2% | 5% | D |
| 4,581 | West Carroll Township PA | 1,140 | $51K | 24.5% | 8.9% | 2% | D |
| 4,582 | London CA | 1,800 | $49K | 44.4% | 12.4% | 1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,397 | 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 Wolfe City, 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 Wolfe City: questions
What is the median household income in Wolfe City?
$52,031 (±$18,121) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wolfe City?
22.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wolfe City?
37 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wolfe City work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenville (15%, 18 mi), Dallas (10%, 56 mi), Commerce (8%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wolfe City walkable?
Wolfe City is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wolfe City without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wolfe City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wolfe City
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.