Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Anson earn less than those in 90% of U.S. towns
For 2% of workers, the job is at home (Texas 14%). 28.1% of residents live below the poverty line, against 13.8% across Texas. Jobs and income earn Anson D; getting around on foot earns it C−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Anson: the gist
Anson and Abilene trade workers both ways
Abilene is the top workplace for Anson residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Anson come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
38% 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 ↓
Few Anson workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 942 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Anson’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Anson is better than 9% of U.S. towns, #604 of 642 in Texas. Unemployment holds Anson’s grade up (5.7%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Anson could be anywhere from D− to C.
29% of working residents work in Abilene
Where Anson clocks in
29% of workers
3% of workers
2% 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.
Miles to work from Anson
About 38% 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.
Each way, about 21 minutes from Anson
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Anson workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,019 commuters (the 2% 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.
How many people are in Anson by day
On a workday 711 residents head out to work, 231 work right here, and 555 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 (0.83 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.
Inside Anson’s 786 jobs
786 jobs are based in Anson.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Anson, 2013 → 2023: 665 → 786. 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 Anson’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most of Anson commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Anson is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns, #501 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 1,039 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). 4.5% of Anson households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Anson’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Anson is 4,522nd of 5,083 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Southside Place TX | 1,916 | $163K | 5.0% | 5.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,520 | Royston GA | 2,693 | $34K | 22.2% | 5.3% | 9% | D |
| 4,521 | Newkirk OK | 2,246 | $53K | 14.9% | 3.5% | 13% | D |
| 4,522 | Anson TX | 2,570 | $48K | 28.1% | 5.7% | 25% | D |
| 4,523 | Buna TX | 2,249 | $55K | 28.0% | 8.9% | 13% | D |
| 4,524 | Midland City AL | 2,298 | $28K | 30.6% | 0.9% | 3% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Anson, 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 Anson: questions
What is the median household income in Anson?
$48,104 (±$5,752) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Anson?
28.1%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Anson?
21 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Anson work?
25% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Abilene (29%, 23 mi), Fort Worth (3%, 148 mi), Austin (2%, 211 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Anson walkable?
Anson is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Anson without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Anson, from the people who make the trip.
More of Anson
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.