Most of DeCordova commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
178 jobs are based in DeCordova for 1,418 working residents. DeCordova grades B+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Measured by household income, DeCordova is ahead of 81% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from DeCordova
DeCordova workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
DeCordova is a place people come home to
There are 178 jobs based in DeCordova, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday DeCordova has about 2,100 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
DeCordova and Granbury trade workers both ways
Granbury is the top workplace for DeCordova residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in DeCordova come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in DeCordova
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, DeCordova is better than 71% of U.S. towns, #189 of 642 in Texas. Household income holds DeCordova’s grade up ($106,106, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, DeCordova could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
A commute of about 37 minutes in DeCordova
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of DeCordova workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,190 commuters (the 10% 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.
Who works in DeCordova, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,395 residents head out to work, 23 work right here, and 155 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in DeCordova on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
19% of working residents work in Granbury
Where DeCordova clocks in
19% of workers
17% 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 kinds of work in DeCordova
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in DeCordova, 2013 → 2023: 216 → 178. 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 DeCordova’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from DeCordova
About 27% 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 DeCordova is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, DeCordova is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns, #565 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 1,318 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). 1.9% of DeCordova households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of DeCordova’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400, DeCordova ranks 1,206th of 4,453 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 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,204 | Otisco Township MI | 2,303 | $62K | 3.7% | 1.5% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,205 | Hainesville IL | 3,501 | $130K | 16.1% | 4.1% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,206 | DeCordova TX | 3,296 | $106K | 5.7% | 5.2% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,207 | Jackson Township IN | 2,778 | $76K | 5.6% | 3.3% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,208 | Grant Valley Township MN | 2,346 | $80K | 5.6% | 0.5% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 DeCordova, 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 DeCordova: questions
What is the median household income in DeCordova?
$106,106 (±$16,562) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in DeCordova?
5.7%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from DeCordova?
37 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in DeCordova work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Granbury (19%, 5 mi), Fort Worth (17%, 32 mi), Arlington (3%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is DeCordova walkable?
DeCordova is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around DeCordova without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from DeCordova, from the people who make the trip.
More of DeCordova
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.