Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0Households in De Leon have lower incomes than those in 91% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 2% of workers, where Texas as a whole has 14%. The poverty rate is 16.0%, against 13.8% across Texas. De Leon grades D for jobs and income and B+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in De Leon: the gist
Commutes from De Leon are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
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 ↓
Few De Leon workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
De Leon has added jobs fast
Jobs based in De Leon went from 574 in 2013 to 804 in 2023, +40%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Income, poverty and work: De Leon’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, De Leon is better than 6% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds De Leon’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($46,771, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, De Leon could be anywhere from D− to C+.
About 17 minutes each way, quicker than most of Texas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of De Leon workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,089 commuters (the 2% 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 distance from De Leon to work
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.
The 804 jobs based in De Leon
804 jobs are based in De Leon.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in De Leon, 2013 → 2023: 574 → 804. 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 De Leon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in De Leon: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 901 residents head out to work, 271 work right here, and 533 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in De Leon on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.69 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
9% of working residents work in Stephenville
Where De Leon 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.
Driving is how De Leon gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, De Leon is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place De Leon 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 1,108 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). 14.2% of De Leon households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of De Leon’s commuters take a bus or train.
De Leon next to U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Southside Place TX | 1,916 | $163K | 5.0% | 5.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Bartonville TX | 1,937 | $149K | 4.3% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,554 | Trenton FL | 2,296 | $49K | 18.8% | 4.9% | 14% | D |
| 4,555 | Krebs OK | 2,068 | $46K | 19.8% | 3.4% | 4% | D |
| 4,556 | De Leon TX | 2,370 | $47K | 16.0% | 7.6% | 23% | D |
| 4,557 | Sprigg Township OH | 1,767 | $58K | 18.0% | 13.5% | <1% | D |
| 4,558 | Summit Township PA | 2,099 | $55K | 17.8% | 1.9% | 11% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | 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 De Leon, 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 De Leon: questions
What is the median household income in De Leon?
$46,771 (±$14,085) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in De Leon?
16.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from De Leon?
17 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in De Leon work?
23% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stephenville (9%, 20 mi), Fort Worth (4%, 83 mi), Comanche (3%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is De Leon walkable?
De Leon is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around De Leon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from De Leon, from the people who make the trip.
More of De Leon
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.