Cockrell Hill has higher unemployment (11.1%) than 96% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Cockrell Hill C+; getting around on foot earns it A−. Measured by household income, Cockrell Hill is behind 85% of U.S. towns. Home is the office for 1% of workers, next to 14% for Texas as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Cockrell Hill, in brief
Stores, warehouses and trucking
75% of the jobs in Cockrell Hill are in trade, transport and utilities, against 28% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Cockrell Hill and Dallas trade workers both ways
Dallas is the top workplace for Cockrell Hill residents (45%) and also where the most people who work in Cockrell Hill come from (43% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Cockrell Hill has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Cockrell Hill went from 1,354 in 2013 to 2,518 in 2023, +86%. The jobs ↓
Cockrell Hill is where the jobs are
Cockrell Hill has 2,518 jobs, 1.9 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Few Cockrell Hill workers work from home
Only 1% 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Cockrell Hill
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cockrell Hill is better than 36% of U.S. towns, #378 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds Cockrell Hill’s grade up (among the top U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cockrell Hill could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Inside Cockrell Hill’s 2,518 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cockrell Hill, 2013 → 2023: 1,354 → 2,518. 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 Cockrell Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting in to Cockrell Hill: where workers come from
Where Cockrell Hill clocks in
9% of workers
3% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Cockrell Hill
On a workday 1,273 residents head out to work, 38 work right here, and 2,480 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,800 people are in Cockrell Hill on a workday afternoon, 33% more than live here.
1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Getting to work from Cockrell Hill takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cockrell Hill workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,559 commuters (the 1% 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.
How far it is to work from Cockrell Hill
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.
Cockrell Hill is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.2% 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 1,575 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 100% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 12.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 95% 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). 10.6% of Cockrell Hill households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cockrell Hill’s commuters take a bus or train.
Cockrell Hill is 2,928th of 4,474 U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,900 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,926 | Jackson MN | 3,305 | $70K | 11.8% | 4.0% | 44% | C+ |
| 2,927 | Duncan SC | 4,675 | $53K | 12.4% | 5.4% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,928 | Cockrell Hill TX | 3,638 | $52K | 11.2% | 11.1% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,929 | Mount Vernon TX | 2,610 | $72K | 10.7% | 4.9% | 16% | C+ |
| 2,930 | Murray NY | 4,744 | $65K | 10.0% | 6.6% | 11% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,474 | 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 Cockrell Hill, 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 Cockrell Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Cockrell Hill?
$52,292 (±$17,660) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cockrell Hill?
11.2%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cockrell Hill?
29 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cockrell Hill work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (45%, 8 mi), Irving (9%, 10 mi), Fort Worth (3%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cockrell Hill walkable?
Cockrell Hill is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 15.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cockrell Hill without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cockrell Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cockrell Hill
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.