Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 3.0Argyle’s household incomes are higher than in 98% of U.S. towns
Argyle grades A+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Poverty touches 1.2% of residents, next to 13.8% for Texas as a whole. 30% of workers have no commute at all, against 14% across Texas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Argyle in brief
Jobs in Argyle have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Argyle went from 1,091 in 2013 to 2,518 in 2023, +131%. The jobs ↓
Argyle trades workers with the towns around it
Argyle has about as many jobs (2,518) as working residents (2,151), but they are mostly different people: 2,033 residents leave for work each day while 2,400 people come in. Only 5% of the jobs in Argyle are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Argyle
31% of Argyle workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Time on the road ↓
Argyle workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (24 to 31 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Argyle’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Argyle is Dallas, 32 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (309) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Where Argyle’s Jobs & income grade comes from
The poverty rate is its strongest input; unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Argyle could be anywhere from A to A+.
Most jobs in Argyle are in services
2,518 jobs are based in Argyle.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Argyle, 2013 → 2023: 1,091 → 2,518. 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 Argyle’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Argyle by day
On a workday 2,033 residents head out to work, 118 work right here, and 2,400 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 (1.17 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.
Commuting from Argyle: about 36 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Argyle workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,685 commuters (the 30% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Argyle
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.
14% of working residents work in Dallas
Where Argyle clocks in
9% 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.
Argyle is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Argyle is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns, #125 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Argyle near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,424 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). 2.0% of Argyle households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Argyle’s commuters take a bus or train.
Argyle places 96th of 3,255 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 4,500 to 8,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| 4 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Hickory Creek TX | 6,875 | $149K | 2.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Alamo Heights TX | 7,632 | $183K | 2.5% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 94 | Auburn Township OH | 6,593 | $156K | 3.4% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| 95 | Parker TX | 6,462 | $229K | 5.4% | 2.5% | 1% | A+ |
| 96 | Argyle TX | 6,372 | $181K | 1.2% | 3.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 97 | Summit WI | 5,323 | $141K | 5.0% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| 98 | Radnor Township IL | 5,177 | $179K | 1.8% | 1.8% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,255 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Argyle, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
14% of Argyle works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Denton (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Argyle workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argyle | – | A+ | B+ | 36 min | $181,352 |
| Denton | 9% | B− | A | 24 min | $76,019 |
| Flower Mound | 5% | A+ | B− | 26 min | $161,235 |
| Bartonville | under 3% | A+ | B− | 31 min | $149,071 |
| Corral City | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Corral City: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Argyle’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 Argyle: questions
What is the median household income in Argyle?
$181,352 (±$30,365) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Argyle?
1.2%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Argyle?
36 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Argyle work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (14%, 32 mi), Denton (9%, 8 mi), Irving (7%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Argyle walkable?
Argyle is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Argyle without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Argyle, from the people who make the trip.
More of Argyle
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.