Households in Annetta earn more than those in 98% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Annetta A; getting around on foot earns it C−. Below the poverty line: 1.5% of residents, where Texas as a whole has 13.8%. Only 2% work in Annetta; the top destination outside it is Fort Worth (37%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Annetta, in brief
Annetta is a place people come home to
There are 249 jobs based in Annetta, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Annetta has about 2,400 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
37% of Annetta works in Fort Worth
509 working residents, 37%, have their main job in Fort Worth, 20 miles away. That’s 19 times as many as work in Annetta itself. The commute map ↓
A lot of Annetta works from home
22% of Annetta workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Time on the road ↓
Annetta workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
Inside Annetta’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Annetta is better than 89% of U.S. towns, #96 of 642 in Texas. The poverty rate holds Annetta’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down (5.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Annetta could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
The daily flow of workers through Annetta
On a workday 1,362 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 224 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Annetta on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
0.18 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 towns that employ Annetta’s residents
Where Annetta clocks in
37% 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.
Annetta’s commute takes about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Annetta workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,171 commuters (the 22% 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.
Annetta works in goods: 30% of its jobs
249 jobs are based in Annetta.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Annetta, 2013 → 2023: 134 → 249. 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 Annetta’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Annetta commutes
About 19% 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.
For most of Annetta, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Annetta is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns, #524 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.5% of 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 1,495 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). 0.2% of Annetta households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Annetta’s commuters take a bus or train.
Annetta next to U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,800: 471st of 4,355 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 469 | Washington Township OH | 3,083 | $71K | 4.1% | 0.3% | 2% | A |
| 470 | Piney Point Village TX | 3,141 | $250K | 1.0% | 8.5% | 3% | A |
| 471 | Annetta TX | 3,546 | $178K | 1.5% | 5.1% | 2% | A |
| 472 | Hortonville WI | 3,340 | $82K | 4.4% | 0.7% | 5% | A |
| 473 | Maine WI | 2,621 | $111K | 2.8% | 2.1% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,355 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Annetta, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
The towns around Annetta
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Annetta workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annetta | – | A | C− | 32 min | $177,500 |
| Annetta South | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Annetta South: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Annetta’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 Annetta: questions
What is the median household income in Annetta?
$177,500 (±$18,430) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Annetta?
1.5%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Annetta?
32 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Annetta work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Worth (37%, 20 mi), Dallas (6%, 53 mi), Weatherford (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Annetta walkable?
Annetta is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Annetta without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Annetta, from the people who make the trip.
More of Annetta
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.