Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Work, pay and getting to work in Abbott
4% of workers have no commute at all, where Texas as a whole has 14%. Hardly any work in Abbott; the top destination outside it is Dallas (10%, 65 miles). Commuters spend 20 minutes getting to work 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
How many people are in Abbott by day
On a workday 130 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 111 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 (0.85 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 people from Abbott work
Where Abbott clocks in
7% of workers
7% 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 Abbott: 112 jobs
112 jobs are based in Abbott.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Abbott, 2013 → 2023: 92 → 112. 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 Abbott’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Abbott: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Abbott workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 193 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Abbott
About 56% 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 Abbott: questions
What is the median household income in Abbott?
$103,214 (±$11,796) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Abbott?
0.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Abbott?
20 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Abbott work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (10%, 65 mi), Hillsboro (7%, 9 mi), Fort Worth (7%, 64 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Abbott without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Abbott, from the people who make the trip.
More of Abbott
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.