Doolittle has lower household incomes than 98% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 55.9% of residents, where Texas as a whole has 13.8%. Jobs and income earn Doolittle D; getting around on foot earns it D−. Commuters spend 25 minutes getting to work on average, where Texas has 27 and the U.S. 26.
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 Doolittle
Doolittle is a place people come home to
There are 80 jobs based in Doolittle, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Doolittle and Edinburg trade workers both ways
Edinburg is the top workplace for Doolittle residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Doolittle come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer than half of Doolittle workers earn over $40,000 a year
41% of Doolittle’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 21% earn $1,250 a month or less. 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; with 964 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Doolittle’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Doolittle is better than 8% of U.S. towns, #606 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds Doolittle’s grade up (ahead of 67% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Doolittle could be anywhere from D to C+.
The daily flow of workers through Doolittle
On a workday 963 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 79 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,300 people are in Doolittle on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.08 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.
25% of working residents work in Edinburg
Where Doolittle clocks in
25% of workers
16% of workers
6% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Doolittle
80 jobs are based in Doolittle.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Doolittle, 2013 → 2023: 49 → 80. 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 Doolittle’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Doolittle takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Doolittle workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,450 commuters (the 15% 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.
How many miles Doolittle commutes
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.
Most trips from Doolittle start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Doolittle is near the bottom of U.S. towns, #640 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Doolittle 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 1,706 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). 3.4% of Doolittle households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Doolittle’s commuters take a bus or train.
U.S. towns of 4,300 to 8,400, and where Doolittle sits
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Hickory Creek TX | 6,875 | $149K | 2.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Garden Ridge TX | 4,371 | $177K | 0.4% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,233 | Alva OK | 4,880 | $41K | 25.9% | 4.9% | 43% | D |
| 3,234 | West Hazleton PA | 5,284 | $34K | 34.9% | 12.4% | 8% | D |
| 3,235 | Doolittle TX | 6,203 | $36K | 55.9% | 16.4% | <1% | D |
| 3,236 | Pocahontas AR | 7,622 | $44K | 23.8% | 5.6% | 36% | D |
| 3,237 | Oelwein IA | 5,757 | $47K | 18.5% | 7.6% | 33% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,432 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Doolittle, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Next door is work for 25% of Doolittle
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Edinburg. Darker towns draw more of Doolittle’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 Doolittle: questions
What is the median household income in Doolittle?
$36,109 (±$6,976) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Doolittle?
55.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Doolittle?
25 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Doolittle work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Edinburg (25%, 4 mi), McAllen (16%, 12 mi), Pharr (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Doolittle walkable?
Doolittle is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Doolittle 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 Doolittle, from the people who make the trip.
More of Doolittle
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.