Photo: Loadmaster (David R. Tribble) This image was made by Loadmaster (David R. Tribble). Email the author: David R. Tribble Also see my personal gallery at Google Photos · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer people are out of work in Cleburne (2.0%) than in 85% of U.S. towns
4% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Cleburne grades B+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. About one in four stay in Cleburne for work; outside it, Fort Worth is the main destination (13%, 30 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Cleburne apart
Cleburne trades workers with the towns around it
Cleburne has about as many jobs (15,242) as working residents (15,335), but they are mostly different people: 11,790 residents leave for work each day while 11,697 people come in. Only 23% of the jobs in Cleburne are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Cleburne’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Cleburne is Fort Worth, 30 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (2,062) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Few Cleburne 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 ↓
Cleburne draws workers from far and wide
The 15,242 jobs in Cleburne are filled from a wide area. Cleburne’s own residents hold 23% and the ten next-biggest home towns 20%; the other 57% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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.
Where Cleburne’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cleburne is better than 69% of U.S. towns, #202 of 642 in Texas. Unemployment holds Cleburne’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($70,656, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cleburne could be anywhere from B to A−.
In and out of Cleburne on a workday
On a workday 11,790 residents head out to work, 3,545 work right here, and 11,697 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Half of Cleburne commutes less than 27 miles
About 22% 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.
Commuting from Cleburne: about 25 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cleburne workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 15,257 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.
The towns that employ Cleburne’s residents
Where Cleburne clocks in
13% 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.
The 15,242 jobs based in Cleburne
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cleburne, 2013 → 2023: 12,946 → 15,242. 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 Cleburne’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most of Cleburne commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cleburne is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns, #397 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% of 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 15,827 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). 2.3% of Cleburne households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Cleburne’s commuters take a bus or train.
Cleburne places 535th of 1,086 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 28,000 to 54,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Keller TX | 46,078 | $175K | 3.4% | 2.7% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Coppell TX | 41,386 | $146K | 5.4% | 2.6% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 533 | Newnan GA | 45,867 | $82K | 8.6% | 3.4% | 13% | B+ |
| 534 | Huber Heights OH | 43,905 | $79K | 9.6% | 3.4% | 9% | B+ |
| 535 | Cleburne TX | 39,942 | $71K | 10.0% | 2.0% | 23% | B+ |
| 536 | Weatherford TX | 40,634 | $82K | 10.0% | 3.2% | 20% | B+ |
| 537 | Puyallup WA | 42,682 | $98K | 7.0% | 6.0% | 11% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,086 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Cleburne, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Next door to Cleburne
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Cleburne’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 Cleburne: questions
What is the median household income in Cleburne?
$70,656 (±$6,987) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cleburne?
10.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cleburne?
25 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cleburne work?
23% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Worth (13%, 30 mi), Dallas (7%, 48 mi), Arlington (4%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cleburne walkable?
Cleburne is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cleburne without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cleburne, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cleburne
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.