Photo: Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0Where Carl's Corner earns its living
For 0% of workers, the job is at home, against 14% across Texas. Hardly any work in Carl's Corner itself; outside it, Hillsboro draws the most (14%, 6 miles). A typical one-way commute from Carl's Corner lasts 41 minutes (Texas 27, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Carl's Corner on a workday
On a workday 69 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Carl's Corner on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.59 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.
Out of Carl's Corner to work: where people go
Where Carl's Corner clocks in
14% of workers
9% 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.
What Carl's Corner’s employers do
41 jobs are based in Carl's Corner.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Carl's Corner, 2013 → 2023: 69 → 41. 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 Carl's Corner’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Carl's Corner takes about 41 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Carl's Corner workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 154 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.
Miles to work from Carl's Corner
About 36% 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 Carl's Corner: questions
What is the median household income in Carl's Corner?
$81,250 (±$41,417) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Carl's Corner?
13.1%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Carl's Corner?
41 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Carl's Corner work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hillsboro (14%, 6 mi), Fort Worth (9%, 51 mi), Dallas (7%, 52 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Carl's Corner 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 Carl's Corner, from the people who make the trip.
More of Carl's Corner
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.