Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0Chandler’s household incomes are lower than in 88% of U.S. towns
14.0% of residents are in poverty; Texas has 13.8%. For jobs and income Chandler is better than 23% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (C). Only 5% stay in Chandler for work; outside it, Tyler is the main destination (34%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Chandler
Jobs in Chandler have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Chandler went from 323 in 2013 to 806 in 2023, +150%. The jobs ↓
Chandler and Tyler trade workers both ways
Tyler is the top workplace for Chandler residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in Chandler come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Chandler
57% of Chandler residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 34% of the jobs based in Chandler pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% 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 ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Why Chandler gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Job access by car holds Chandler’s grade up (ahead of 60% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($49,573, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Chandler could be anywhere from D to B+.
What Chandler’s employers do
806 jobs are based in Chandler.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chandler, 2013 → 2023: 323 → 806. 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 Chandler’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Chandler’s working residents head each day
Where Chandler clocks in
34% 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.
The commute from Chandler, by distance
About 34% 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.
Chandler on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,315 residents head out to work, 76 work right here, and 730 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,500 people are in Chandler on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.58 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 Chandler: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chandler workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,144 commuters (the 15% 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.
For most of Chandler, work means a drive
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,339 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.9% of Chandler households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Chandler’s commuters take a bus or train.
Chandler is 3,175th of 4,023 U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,500 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| 4 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 5 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,173 | Evansdale IA | 4,463 | $60K | 24.0% | 6.2% | 4% | C− |
| 3,174 | Manistee Township MI | 4,268 | $65K | 10.2% | 5.4% | 23% | C− |
| 3,175 | Chandler TX | 4,081 | $50K | 14.0% | 6.7% | 5% | C− |
| 3,176 | Farley KY | 4,458 | $47K | 30.8% | 3.9% | 4% | C− |
| 3,177 | Sheridan AR | 5,406 | $62K | 19.9% | 5.9% | 24% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,023 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Chandler, 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 Chandler: questions
What is the median household income in Chandler?
$49,573 (±$12,608) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chandler?
14.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chandler?
25 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chandler work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tyler (34%, 10 mi), Brownsboro (6%, 8 mi), Dallas (5%, 82 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Chandler walkable?
Chandler is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Chandler without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chandler, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chandler
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.