Photo: Billy Hathorn at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0More people are out of work in Denver City (6.5%) than in 78% of U.S. towns
About one in three work in Denver City; the top destination outside it is Seminole (7%, 20 miles). Denver City grades C for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Home is the office for 2% of workers, next to 14% for Texas as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Denver City stands out on work
Commutes from Denver City 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 ↓
Few Denver City 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 ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Denver City
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Denver City is better than 27% of U.S. towns, #450 of 642 in Texas. Household income holds Denver City’s grade up ($85,250, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 19% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Denver City could be anywhere from D to A−.
From Denver City, about 20 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Denver City workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,775 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.
Half of Denver City commutes less than 15 miles
About 31% 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.
Who leaves Denver City for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,169 residents head out to work, 597 work right here, and 1,016 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 (0.91 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.
Where people from Denver City work
Where Denver City clocks in
7% 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: 28% of the jobs in Denver City
1,613 jobs are based in Denver City.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Denver City, 2014 → 2024: 1,963 → 1,613. 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 Denver City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most of Denver City commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Denver City is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns, #113 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Denver City 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 1,816 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). 4.8% of Denver City households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Denver City’s commuters take a bus or train.
Denver City is 3,032nd of 4,039 U.S. towns of 3,000 to 5,800 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| 4 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 5 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,030 | Tallassee AL | 4,738 | $67K | 11.0% | 8.1% | 22% | C |
| 3,031 | West Columbia TX | 3,636 | $43K | 14.6% | 3.8% | 10% | C |
| 3,032 | Denver City TX | 4,311 | $85K | 13.4% | 6.5% | 34% | C |
| 3,033 | Windsor NY | 5,648 | $73K | 11.1% | 8.9% | 11% | C |
| 3,034 | Norfolk NY | 4,313 | $68K | 13.4% | 3.8% | 7% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,039 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Denver City, 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 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 Denver City: questions
What is the median household income in Denver City?
$85,250 (±$17,228) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Denver City?
13.4%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Denver City?
20 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Denver City work?
34% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Seminole (7%, 20 mi), Lubbock (5%, 68 mi), Plains (2%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Denver City walkable?
Denver City is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Denver City without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Denver City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Denver City
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.