Most of Dodd City commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
There are 48 jobs in Dodd City, against 151 working residents. Hardly any stay in Dodd City for work; outside it, Bonham is the main destination (15%, 7 miles). 1% of workers work from home, next to 14% for Texas as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Dodd City on a workday
On a workday 151 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 48 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in Dodd City on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
Where Dodd City’s working residents head each day
Where Dodd City clocks in
15% 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.
Goods, not services: 100% of the jobs in Dodd City
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dodd City, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 48. 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 Dodd City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Dodd City spends getting to work: about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dodd City workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 286 commuters (the 1% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Dodd City
About 43% 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.
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 Dodd City: questions
What is the median household income in Dodd City?
$113,906 (±$53,641) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dodd City?
12.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dodd City?
35 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dodd City work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bonham (15%, 7 mi), Dallas (10%, 67 mi), Paris (5%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dodd City without a car?
<1% 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 Dodd City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dodd City
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.