Photo: Nicolas Henderson from Coppell, Texas · CC BY 2.0Most of Blessing commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
0% of workers have no commute at all, where Texas as a whole has 14%. Blessing has 111 jobs for 268 working residents. Only 1% work in Blessing itself; outside it, Houston draws the most (18%, 80 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Blessing stands out on work
A big share show a job far from home
65% 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 ↓
Blessing’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Blessing is Houston, 80 miles away as the crow flies. 18% of working residents (48) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Few Blessing workers work from home
Only 0% 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 268 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Miles to work from Blessing
About 65% 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.
Working from home in Blessing
of Blessing workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 160 commuters (the 0% 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 daily flow of workers through Blessing
On a workday 264 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 107 people come in from elsewhere.
About 260 people are in Blessing on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
The towns that employ Blessing’s residents
Where Blessing clocks in
18% of workers
7% of workers
4% 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.
Jobs in Blessing: what the 111 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Blessing, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 111. 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 Blessing’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Blessing: questions
What is the median household income in Blessing?
$51,313 (±$1,123) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Blessing?
0.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Blessing work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (18%, 80 mi), Bay City (7%, 17 mi), Austin (4%, 135 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Blessing without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Blessing, from the people who make the trip.
More of Blessing
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.