Photo: Photolitherland Chris Litherland · CC BY-SA 3.0Unemployment in Daingerfield (7.1%) is higher than in 83% of U.S. towns
5% of workers work from home (Texas 14%). For jobs and income Daingerfield is better than 13% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (C+). Household incomes here are lower than in 78% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Daingerfield at work: what stands out
Fewer jobs are based in Daingerfield than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Daingerfield fell from 2,470 in 2013 to 942 in 2023, −62%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Fewer than half of Daingerfield workers earn over $40,000 a year
43% of Daingerfield’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 19% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
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; with 973 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Daingerfield
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Daingerfield’s grade.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Daingerfield could be anywhere from D− to B.
Most jobs in Daingerfield are in services
942 jobs are based in Daingerfield.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Daingerfield, 2013 → 2023: 2,470 → 942. 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 Daingerfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Daingerfield
On a workday 842 residents head out to work, 131 work right here, and 811 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 (0.97 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.
19% of working residents work in Mount Pleasant
Where Daingerfield clocks in
19% of workers
6% 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.
How long Daingerfield spends getting to work: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Daingerfield workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,057 commuters (the 5% 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 commute from Daingerfield, by distance
About 29% 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.
The commute in Daingerfield is mostly behind the wheel
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.3% 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 1,117 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). 4.2% of Daingerfield households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Daingerfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,868 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,400, Daingerfield comes 4,108th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Southside Place TX | 1,916 | $163K | 5.0% | 5.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,106 | Tama IA | 3,011 | $69K | 24.0% | 7.5% | 16% | D |
| 4,107 | Dryden NY | 1,820 | $50K | 18.2% | 3.7% | 7% | D |
| 4,108 | Daingerfield TX | 2,539 | $58K | 17.5% | 7.1% | 13% | D |
| 4,109 | Ossun LA | 2,271 | $41K | 24.6% | 9.6% | 1% | D |
| 4,110 | Hartford MI | 2,448 | $42K | 16.3% | 8.3% | 9% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,868 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Daingerfield, 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 Daingerfield: questions
What is the median household income in Daingerfield?
$57,500 (±$18,142) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Daingerfield?
17.5%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Daingerfield?
24 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Daingerfield work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Pleasant (19%, 17 mi), Hughes Springs (6%, 6 mi), Pittsburg (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Daingerfield walkable?
Daingerfield is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Daingerfield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Daingerfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Daingerfield
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.