Photo: Renegomezphotography · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Bartlett commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
There are 256 jobs in Bartlett, and 697 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Bartlett are C for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Only 1% stay in Bartlett for work; outside it, Austin is the main destination (13%, 39 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Bartlett, in a few figures
Bartlett’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Bartlett is Austin, 39 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (91) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Bartlett than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Bartlett fell from 434 in 2013 to 256 in 2023, −41%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Bartlett 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 ↓
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 697 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Bartlett earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Bartlett is better than 34% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Bartlett’s grade up (ahead of 48% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (14.3%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (4.2%) is left out: Bartlett’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Bartlett could be anywhere from C− to B.
The distance from Bartlett to work
About 28% 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.
Jobs in Bartlett: what the 256 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bartlett, 2013 → 2023: 434 → 256. 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 Bartlett’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 34 minutes each way for Bartlett’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bartlett workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 810 commuters (the 7% 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.
Bartlett quiets down on a workday
On a workday 690 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 249 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Bartlett on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Bartlett’s working residents head each day
Where Bartlett clocks in
13% of workers
8% 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.
Getting around Bartlett: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bartlett is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Bartlett 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 875 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). 2.3% of Bartlett households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bartlett’s commuters take a bus or train.
Bartlett places 3,171st of 5,760 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 26 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,169 | Watts Mills SC | 1,942 | $51K | 8.7% | 10.9% | 1% | C |
| 3,170 | Golden Meadow LA | 1,636 | $72K | 9.9% | 1.2% | 3% | C |
| 3,171 | Bartlett TX | 1,678 | $67K | 14.3% | 4.2% | 1% | C |
| 3,172 | Crewe VA | 2,279 | $71K | 16.4% | 2.8% | 3% | C |
| 3,173 | Hudson Township MI | 1,505 | $54K | 5.8% | 4.2% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Bartlett, 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 Bartlett: questions
What is the median household income in Bartlett?
$67,438 (±$14,525) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bartlett?
14.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bartlett?
34 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bartlett work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Austin (13%, 39 mi), Georgetown (8%, 18 mi), Round Rock (7%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bartlett walkable?
Bartlett is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bartlett 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 Bartlett, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bartlett
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.