Household incomes in Bushland are higher than in 94% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Bushland are A+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. 1.3% of residents are in poverty, against 13.8% across Texas. Home is the office for 4% of workers, against 14% across Texas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Bushland, in brief
Bushland and Amarillo trade workers both ways
Amarillo is the top workplace for Bushland residents (55%) and also where the most people who work in Bushland come from (47% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Bushland is a place people come home to
There are 198 jobs based in Bushland, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bushland has about 2,000 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Bushland workers work from home
Only 4% 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 991 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Bushland’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bushland is better than 97% of U.S. towns, #36 of 642 in Texas. Unemployment is its strongest input (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 50% of U.S. towns). 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, Bushland could be anywhere from A to A+.
55% of working residents work in Amarillo
Where Bushland clocks in
55% 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.
How a workday changes Bushland
On a workday 982 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 189 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Bushland on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.20 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.
The trip to work from Bushland: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bushland workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,180 commuters (the 4% 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.
Inside Bushland’s 198 jobs
198 jobs are based in Bushland.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bushland, 2013 → 2023: 58 → 198. 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 Bushland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Bushland goes to work
About 17% 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.
Most trips from Bushland start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bushland is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns, #266 of 642 in Texas. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.0% across Texas, on an EPA index of 4.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,232 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). 0.0% of Bushland households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Bushland’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Bushland ranks: 145th of 5,131 U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 143 | Franklin Township MN | 2,939 | $112K | 4.4% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 144 | Hammond WI | 2,732 | $128K | 1.5% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 145 | Bushland TX | 2,779 | $146K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 146 | Solon IA | 3,345 | $113K | 3.2% | 0.9% | 9% | A+ |
| 147 | Brightwaters NY | 3,208 | $218K | 0.2% | 4.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,131 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Bushland, 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 Bushland: questions
What is the median household income in Bushland?
$146,071 (±$36,845) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bushland?
1.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bushland?
26 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bushland work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Amarillo (55%, 13 mi), Canyon (4%, 17 mi), Lubbock (3%, 114 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bushland walkable?
Bushland is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bushland without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bushland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bushland
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.