Farmersville has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Jobs and income earn Farmersville C−; getting around on foot earns it C. Farmersville has 1,430 jobs; 3,738 of its residents have a job. 3% of workers work from home, where California as a whole has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Farmersville in brief
Farmersville and Visalia trade workers both ways
Visalia is the top workplace for Farmersville residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Farmersville come from (28% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Farmersville are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical California worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Farmersville workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 17% across California. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Farmersville’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Farmersville is better than 18% of U.S. towns, #724 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Farmersville’s grade up (ahead of 60% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (22.9%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Farmersville could be anywhere from D to C+.
29% of working residents work in Visalia
Where Farmersville clocks in
29% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
How long Farmersville spends getting to work: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Farmersville workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,536 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who leaves Farmersville for work, and who comes in
On a workday 3,525 residents head out to work, 213 work right here, and 1,217 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,000 people are in Farmersville on a workday afternoon, 22% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The kinds of work in Farmersville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Farmersville, 2014 → 2024: 1,222 → 1,430. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Farmersville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Farmersville commutes
About 22% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most of Farmersville commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Farmersville is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns, #778 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.1% across California.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,631 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). 7.6% of Farmersville households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Farmersville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Farmersville places 2,505th of 2,878 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Piedmont CA | 10,642 | $250K | 4.3% | 1.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Gold River CA | 7,924 | $175K | 2.9% | 2.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 89 | Sierra Madre CA | 10,620 | $144K | 4.6% | 2.6% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,503 | Franklin CA | 7,392 | $58K | 22.9% | 6.9% | 2% | C− |
| 2,504 | New Port Richey East FL | 11,939 | $47K | 15.4% | 9.5% | 2% | C− |
| 2,505 | Farmersville CA | 10,326 | $61K | 22.9% | 8.0% | 6% | C− |
| 2,506 | Bryan OH | 8,579 | $53K | 19.0% | 5.6% | 36% | C− |
| 2,507 | Wawarsing NY | 12,448 | $64K | 22.0% | 5.3% | 18% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Farmersville, the top three, the last and three more from California.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Farmersville: questions
What is the median household income in Farmersville?
$60,804 (±$8,474) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Farmersville?
22.9%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Farmersville?
21 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Farmersville work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Visalia (29%, 7 mi), Fresno (5%, 46 mi), Tulare (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Farmersville walkable?
Farmersville is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Farmersville without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Farmersville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Farmersville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.