Photo: Mickwatson at English Wikipedia · Public domainWork means Houston for more than half of Atascocita’s working residents
Working residents average 35 minutes each way, where Texas has 27 and the U.S. 26. The two grades for Atascocita are A− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Measured by household income, Atascocita is ahead of 87% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Atascocita in brief
More than half of Atascocita works in Houston
21,977 working residents, 52%, have their main job in Houston, 18 miles away across the town line. That’s 52 times as many as work in Atascocita itself. The commute map ↓
Atascocita is a place people come home to
There are 3,933 jobs based in Atascocita, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Atascocita has about 61,000 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Atascocita workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Atascocita
68% of Atascocita residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 50% of the jobs based in Atascocita pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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.
How Atascocita earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Atascocita is better than 82% of U.S. towns, #136 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds Atascocita’s grade up (ahead of 93% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Atascocita could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Commuting out of Atascocita: the destinations
Where Atascocita clocks in
52% of workers
7% 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.
Who commutes out of Atascocita, and who commutes in
On a workday 42,055 residents head out to work, 615 work right here, and 3,318 people come in from elsewhere.
About 61,000 people are in Atascocita on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.
0.09 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 2024, primary jobs.
Time on the road from Atascocita: about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Atascocita workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 43,275 commuters (the 12% 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.
What Atascocita’s employers do
3,933 jobs are based in Atascocita.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Atascocita, 2014 → 2024: 4,092 → 3,933. 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 Atascocita’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Atascocita, by distance
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 Atascocita commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Atascocita is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns, #279 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.3% 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 49,356 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 40% 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). 1.5% of Atascocita households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Atascocita’s commuters take a bus or train.
Atascocita is 96th of 425 U.S. towns of 70,000 to 134,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plymouth MN | 78,942 | $137K | 4.3% | 2.3% | 12% | A+ |
| 3 | South Jordan UT | 87,614 | $134K | 3.7% | 2.4% | 10% | A+ |
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| 9 | Flower Mound TX | 79,540 | $161K | 4.3% | 3.4% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Pearland TX | 129,930 | $119K | 4.1% | 3.3% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Allen TX | 113,447 | $131K | 6.1% | 3.7% | 10% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 94 | Clarkstown NY | 89,659 | $137K | 6.5% | 5.8% | 19% | A− |
| 95 | Edmond OK | 100,479 | $103K | 8.1% | 3.3% | 20% | A− |
| 96 | Atascocita TX | 99,354 | $118K | 7.4% | 4.8% | 1% | A− |
| 97 | Lake Forest CA | 86,333 | $135K | 8.5% | 4.9% | 8% | A− |
| 98 | Orland Township IL | 96,641 | $104K | 6.3% | 5.2% | 10% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 425 | Flint MI | 79,306 | $38K | 34.1% | 14.8% | 20% | 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 Atascocita, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
The towns next door employ 52% of Atascocita
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Atascocita workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atascocita | – | A− | B− | 35 min | $118,226 |
| Houston | 52% | C+ | A | 27 min | $64,813 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Houston. Darker towns draw more of Atascocita’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 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 Atascocita: questions
What is the median household income in Atascocita?
$118,226 (±$4,462) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Atascocita?
7.4%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Atascocita?
35 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Atascocita work?
1% work in town.
Is Atascocita walkable?
Atascocita is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Atascocita without a car?
1% 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 Atascocita, from the people who make the trip.
More of Atascocita
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.