Daisetta has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
There are 55 jobs in Daisetta; 333 of its residents have a job. Daisetta grades C− for jobs and income and D for walkability. At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (Texas 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Daisetta stands out on work
Daisetta’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Daisetta is Houston, 50 miles away as the crow flies. 21% of working residents (69) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Daisetta is a place people come home to
There are 55 jobs based in Daisetta, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
42% 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 ↓
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 333 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Daisetta’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Daisetta is better than 20% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Daisetta’s grade.
Unemployment (4.7%) is left out: Daisetta’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Daisetta could be anywhere from D to B−.
The commute from Daisetta, by distance
About 42% 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.
Daisetta by day and by night
On a workday 329 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 51 people come in from elsewhere.
About 920 people are in Daisetta on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
21% of working residents work in Houston
Where Daisetta clocks in
21% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 44% of the jobs in Daisetta
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Daisetta, 2013 → 2023: 87 → 55. 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 Daisetta’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 29 minutes from Daisetta
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Daisetta workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 470 commuters (the 0% 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 trips from Daisetta start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Daisetta is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Daisetta 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 470 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). 2.8% of Daisetta households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Daisetta’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Daisetta is 2,920th among 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Serenada TX | 1,444 | $155K | 1.5% | 2.6% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,918 | Blades DE | 1,372 | $57K | 13.0% | 11.9% | 1% | C− |
| 2,919 | Earlville IL | 1,590 | $64K | 16.5% | 5.8% | 8% | C− |
| 2,920 | Daisetta TX | 1,194 | $66K | 14.5% | 4.7% | 1% | C− |
| 2,921 | Clint TX | 1,060 | $44K | 28.5% | 2.3% | 3% | C− |
| 2,922 | Laurel Township IN | 1,423 | $73K | 15.0% | 1.5% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Daisetta, 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 Daisetta: questions
What is the median household income in Daisetta?
$65,557 (±$2,496) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Daisetta?
14.5%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Daisetta?
29 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Daisetta work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (21%, 50 mi), Liberty (11%, 10 mi), Dayton (4%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Daisetta walkable?
Daisetta is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Daisetta without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Daisetta, from the people who make the trip.
More of Daisetta
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.