Photo: en:User:Lothar1976 (Lothar the Terrible) · Public domainMost of Bryson commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
There are 75 jobs in Bryson, and 186 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% work in Bryson itself; outside it, Fort Worth draws the most (14%, 66 miles). 0% of workers work from home (Texas 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Bryson on a workday afternoon
On a workday 182 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 71 people come in from elsewhere.
About 360 people are in Bryson on a workday afternoon, 23% 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 Bryson’s working residents head each day
Where Bryson clocks in
14% of workers
7% 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.
Bryson works in goods: 63% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bryson, 2013 → 2023: 90 → 75. 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 Bryson’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Bryson: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bryson workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 323 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Bryson
About 55% 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.
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 Bryson: questions
What is the median household income in Bryson?
$75,779 (±$7,897) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bryson?
5.8%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bryson?
20 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bryson work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Worth (14%, 66 mi), Graham (7%, 12 mi), Jacksboro (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bryson without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bryson, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bryson
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.