With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Blue Mound works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Blue Mound; the top destination outside it is Fort Worth (31%, 5 miles). There are 441 jobs in Blue Mound for 1,128 working residents. Blue Mound grades A− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Blue Mound: the figures worth knowing
Stores, warehouses and trucking
71% of the jobs in Blue Mound are in trade, transport and utilities, against 30% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Blue Mound and Fort Worth trade workers both ways
Fort Worth is the top workplace for Blue Mound residents (31%) and also where the most people who work in Blue Mound come from (30% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The jobs in Blue Mound pay better than its residents’ jobs
79% of the jobs based in Blue Mound pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 63% of the jobs Blue Mound residents hold. 100% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Blue Mound. The jobs ↓
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.
The four measures behind Blue Mound’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Blue Mound is better than 75% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Blue Mound’s grade up (ahead of 97% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($66,375, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Blue Mound could be anywhere from B− to A.
79% of the jobs in Blue Mound pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Blue Mound, 2013 → 2023: 395 → 441. 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 Blue Mound’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting out of Blue Mound: the destinations
Where Blue Mound clocks in
31% of workers
6% 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 Blue Mound, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,127 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 440 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Blue Mound on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
About 25 minutes each way for Blue Mound’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Blue Mound workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 990 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.
The distance from Blue Mound to work
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.
In Blue Mound, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Blue Mound is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.0% across Texas, on an EPA index of 5.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,119 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). 4.0% of Blue Mound households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Blue Mound’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Blue Mound is 981st among 5,328 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Southside Place TX | 1,916 | $163K | 5.0% | 5.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Bartonville TX | 1,937 | $149K | 4.3% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 979 | East Hopewell Township PA | 2,555 | $109K | 4.1% | 3.7% | 2% | A− |
| 980 | Ferrysburg MI | 2,955 | $70K | 8.5% | 0.8% | 3% | A− |
| 981 | Blue Mound TX | 2,288 | $66K | 6.7% | 3.3% | <1% | A− |
| 982 | Marysville Township KS | 2,467 | $103K | 1.6% | 5.7% | 2% | A− |
| 983 | Wyanett Township MN | 1,830 | $102K | 4.8% | 1.3% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Blue Mound, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
The towns around Blue Mound
The biggest share goes to Saginaw (6%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Blue Mound workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mound | – | A− | C+ | 25 min | $66,375 |
| Saginaw | 6% | A− | B− | 26 min | $97,276 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Blue Mound’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 Blue Mound: questions
What is the median household income in Blue Mound?
$66,375 (±$4,795) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Blue Mound?
6.7%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Blue Mound?
25 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Blue Mound work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Worth (31%, 5 mi), Dallas (9%, 34 mi), Saginaw (6%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Blue Mound walkable?
Blue Mound is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Blue Mound without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Blue Mound, from the people who make the trip.
More of Blue Mound
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.