Corinth has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
For jobs and income Corinth is among the top U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (B−). There are 4,584 jobs in Corinth; 13,150 of its residents have a job. Measured by household income, Corinth is ahead of 88% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Corinth
Corinth’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Corinth is Dallas, 30 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (1,885) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Corinth empties out on a workday
About 17,000 people are in Corinth on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than the 25,000 who live here: 13,000 head out to work and 4,200 come in. Day and night ↓
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.
Why Corinth gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Corinth is among the top U.S. towns, #21 of 642 in Texas. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Corinth’s grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Corinth stays A+.
Near or far: the trip to work from Corinth
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.
Who works in Corinth, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 12,765 residents head out to work, 385 work right here, and 4,199 people come in from elsewhere.
About 17,000 people are in Corinth on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
14% of working residents work in Dallas
Where Corinth clocks in
13% 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.
What Corinth’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Corinth, 2013 → 2023: 4,038 → 4,584. 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 Corinth’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Corinth takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Corinth workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10,532 commuters (the 17% 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.
Most of Corinth commutes by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.7% 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 12,667 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 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 47% 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). 1.7% of Corinth households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Corinth’s commuters take a bus or train.
Corinth places 14th of 1,516 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 18,000 to 34,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Colleyville TX | 25,727 | $218K | 2.5% | 3.0% | 4% | A+ |
| 13 | Rose Hill VA | 21,066 | $175K | 2.6% | 2.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 14 | Corinth TX | 25,297 | $121K | 3.5% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| 15 | Trussville AL | 27,273 | $123K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 12% | A+ |
| 16 | Geneva IL | 21,138 | $144K | 3.8% | 1.8% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 77 | University Park TX | 25,323 | $250K | 4.7% | 3.6% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 79 | Sienna TX | 24,992 | $178K | 1.5% | 3.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,516 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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 Corinth, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Corinth and its neighbors: 13% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Corinth workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corinth | – | A+ | B− | 27 min | $120,580 |
| Denton | 13% | B− | A | 24 min | $76,019 |
| Lake Dallas | under 3% | A | B− | 28 min | $76,879 |
| Shady Shores | under 3% | A+ | C | 28 min | $159,375 |
| Hickory Creek | under 3% | A+ | C− | 27 min | $148,852 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Denton. Darker towns draw more of Corinth’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 Corinth: questions
What is the median household income in Corinth?
$120,580 (±$10,036) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Corinth?
3.5%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Corinth?
27 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Corinth work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (14%, 30 mi), Denton (13%, 7 mi), Irving (6%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Corinth walkable?
Corinth is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Corinth without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Corinth, from the people who make the trip.
More of Corinth
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.