Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Aubrey has lower unemployment (1.2%) than 93% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 26% of workers; Texas has 14%. Jobs and income earn Aubrey A; getting around on foot earns it C−. Household incomes here are higher than in 78% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Aubrey in brief
Aubrey’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Aubrey is Dallas, 38 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (503) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A lot of Aubrey works from home
27% of Aubrey workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Time on the road ↓
Aubrey has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Aubrey went from 673 in 2013 to 1,120 in 2023, +66%. The jobs ↓
Aubrey workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Aubrey is a place people come home to
There are 1,120 jobs based in Aubrey, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Aubrey has about 6,100 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
The figures behind Aubrey’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Aubrey is better than 92% of U.S. towns, #68 of 642 in Texas. Unemployment is its strongest input; the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (7.8%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Aubrey could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Where in the region Aubrey works
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.
Aubrey’s commute takes about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Aubrey workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,194 commuters (the 26% 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.
The kinds of work in Aubrey
1,120 jobs are based in Aubrey.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Aubrey, 2013 → 2023: 673 → 1,120. 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 Aubrey’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Aubrey
On a workday 3,988 residents head out to work, 101 work right here, and 1,019 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,100 people are in Aubrey on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
0.27 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.
12% of working residents work in Dallas
Where Aubrey clocks in
10% 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.
Aubrey is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Aubrey is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns, #513 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 4,345 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). 7.2% of Aubrey households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Aubrey’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Aubrey ranks: 345th of 2,891 U.S. towns of 6,300 to 12,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Hickory Creek TX | 6,875 | $149K | 2.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Alamo Heights TX | 7,632 | $183K | 2.5% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Oak Point TX | 6,909 | $126K | 1.5% | 1.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 343 | Marlboro Village MD | 9,382 | $123K | 2.5% | 4.6% | <1% | A |
| 344 | Olivette MO | 8,937 | $112K | 4.3% | 3.9% | 2% | A |
| 345 | Aubrey TX | 9,066 | $102K | 7.8% | 1.2% | 2% | A |
| 346 | Cedar Hills UT | 9,755 | $139K | 4.2% | 3.5% | 3% | A |
| 347 | Old Lyme CT | 7,702 | $132K | 2.9% | 2.7% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,891 | 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 Aubrey, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
How Aubrey compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Aubrey workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aubrey | – | A | C− | 34 min | $101,574 |
| Little Elm | under 3% | B+ | C | 35 min | $119,219 |
| Krugerville | under 3% | A+ | B− | 32 min | $117,917 |
| Pilot Point | under 3% | B | C | 33 min | $97,933 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Aubrey’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 Aubrey: questions
What is the median household income in Aubrey?
$101,574 (±$15,224) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Aubrey?
7.8%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Aubrey?
34 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Aubrey work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (12%, 38 mi), Denton (10%, 11 mi), Plano (10%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Aubrey walkable?
Aubrey is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Aubrey without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Aubrey, from the people who make the trip.
More of Aubrey
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.