Navarro County Courthouse · Photo: Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Corsicana earn less than those in 78% of U.S. towns
18.1% of residents live below the poverty line, where Texas as a whole has 13.8%. Corsicana grades C− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. For 7% of workers, the job is at home; Texas has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Corsicana
Corsicana’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Corsicana is Dallas, 52 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (860) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
45% 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 ↓
Commutes from Corsicana are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
Corsicana draws workers from far and wide
The 12,470 jobs in Corsicana are filled from a wide area. Corsicana’s own residents hold 28% and the ten next-biggest home towns 12%; the other 60% 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Income, poverty and work: Corsicana’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Corsicana is better than 17% of U.S. towns, #537 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds Corsicana’s grade up (ahead of 43% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Corsicana could be anywhere from D to C.
The distance from Corsicana to work
About 45% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How long Corsicana spends getting to work: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Corsicana workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10,259 commuters (the 7% 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.
8% of working residents work in Dallas
Where Corsicana clocks in
4% 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 daily flow of workers through Corsicana
On a workday 7,222 residents head out to work, 3,506 work right here, and 8,964 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 (1.16 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Corsicana makes things: 31% of its jobs are in goods
12,470 jobs are based in Corsicana.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Corsicana, 2014 → 2024: 12,195 → 12,470. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Corsicana’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Few in Corsicana walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Corsicana is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns, #145 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Corsicana near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 11,000 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). 5.9% of Corsicana households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Corsicana’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Corsicana compares with 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+ |
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| 6 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 10% | A+ |
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| 12 | Colleyville TX | 25,727 | $218K | 2.5% | 3.0% | 4% | A+ |
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| 14 | Corinth TX | 25,297 | $121K | 3.5% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
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| 1,422 | Amsterdam NY | 18,093 | $56K | 20.2% | 6.7% | 23% | C− |
| 1,423 | Conway SC | 30,627 | $57K | 21.0% | 8.3% | 24% | C− |
| 1,424 | Corsicana TX | 25,487 | $57K | 18.1% | 6.4% | 33% | C− |
| 1,425 | Searcy AR | 24,351 | $52K | 18.8% | 6.1% | 46% | C− |
| 1,426 | Thomasville GA | 18,667 | $50K | 17.1% | 5.9% | 42% | C− |
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| 1,516 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 35% | 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 Corsicana, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Corsicana and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Corsicana workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corsicana | – | C− | B+ | 20 min | $57,212 |
| Retreat | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Oak Valley | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Retreat and Oak Valley: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Corsicana’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 2024, 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 Corsicana: questions
What is the median household income in Corsicana?
$57,212 (±$4,102) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Corsicana?
18.1%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Corsicana?
20 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Corsicana work?
33% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (8%, 52 mi), Ennis (4%, 19 mi), Fort Worth (3%, 71 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Corsicana walkable?
Corsicana is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Corsicana without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Corsicana, from the people who make the trip.
More of Corsicana
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.