Doffing has some of the lowest household incomes of any U.S. town
The poverty rate is 29.8% (Texas 13.8%). Measured by household income, Doffing is among the lowest-earning towns in the country. Jobs and income earn Doffing C+; getting around on foot earns it D−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Doffing at work: what stands out
Doffing makes and builds things
64% of the jobs based in Doffing are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Doffing residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 17%. The jobs ↓
Doffing has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Doffing went from 315 in 2013 to 557 in 2023, +77%. The jobs ↓
Fewer than half of Doffing workers earn over $40,000 a year
36% of Doffing’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 24% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Few Doffing 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 ↓
Commutes from Doffing are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
What’s behind Doffing’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Doffing is better than 38% of U.S. towns, #358 of 642 in Texas. Unemployment holds Doffing’s grade up (1.4%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($32,318, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Doffing could be anywhere from C to B−.
Goods, not services: 64% of the jobs in Doffing
557 jobs are based in Doffing.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Doffing, 2013 → 2023: 315 → 557. 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 Doffing’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Doffing’s commute takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Doffing workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,764 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.
In and out of Doffing on a workday
On a workday 1,455 residents head out to work, 32 work right here, and 525 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,100 people are in Doffing on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.37 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.
19% of working residents work in McAllen
Where Doffing clocks in
19% of workers
17% of workers
10% 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 commute from Doffing, by distance
About 22% 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 Doffing is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Doffing is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns, #625 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Doffing 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 1,806 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). 3.2% of Doffing households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Doffing’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Doffing ranks: 2,458th of 3,758 U.S. towns of 3,500 to 6,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 8 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Garden Ridge TX | 4,371 | $177K | 0.4% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,456 | Blooming Grove Township PA | 5,751 | $85K | 4.4% | 8.1% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,457 | Rush Township PA | 3,556 | $76K | 6.4% | 6.7% | 11% | C+ |
| 2,458 | Doffing TX | 5,004 | $32K | 29.8% | 1.4% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,459 | Harrisburg OR | 3,765 | $74K | 8.9% | 8.1% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,460 | Champion Heights OH | 6,380 | $68K | 12.2% | 6.2% | 7% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,758 | 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 Doffing, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Next door to Doffing
The biggest share goes to Palmview (3%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Doffing’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Doffing: questions
What is the median household income in Doffing?
$32,318 (±$21,085) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Doffing?
29.8%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Doffing?
21 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Doffing work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are McAllen (19%, 9 mi), Mission (17%, 6 mi), Edinburg (10%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Doffing walkable?
Doffing is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Doffing 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 Doffing, from the people who make the trip.
More of Doffing
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.