Household incomes in Double Oak are higher than in 97% of U.S. towns
For 29% of workers, the job is at home; Texas has 14%. The poverty rate is 3.7%; Texas has 13.8%. Jobs and income earn Double Oak A+; getting around on foot earns it C.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Double Oak apart on work
A lot of Double Oak works from home
29% of Double Oak workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Time on the road ↓
Double Oak’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Double Oak is Dallas, 27 miles away as the crow flies. 17% of working residents (285) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Double Oak is a place people come home to
There are 474 jobs based in Double Oak, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Double Oak has about 1,800 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 Double Oak
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Double Oak is among the top U.S. towns, #27 of 642 in Texas. Household income is its strongest input ($172,321, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (2.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Double Oak could be anywhere from A to A+.
About 27 minutes each way for Double Oak’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Double Oak workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,019 commuters (the 29% 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 far it is to work from Double Oak
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 daily flow of workers through Double Oak
On a workday 1,669 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 463 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Double Oak on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.
0.28 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.
17% of working residents work in Dallas
Where Double Oak clocks in
11% of workers
9% 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 Double Oak
474 jobs are based in Double Oak.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Double Oak, 2013 → 2023: 168 → 474. 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 Double Oak’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute in Double Oak is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Double Oak is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns, #496 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.4% of 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 1,439 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.8% of Double Oak households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Double Oak’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,100, Double Oak ranks 66th of 4,771 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Spring Lake NJ | 2,769 | $216K | 1.0% | 2.4% | 10% | A+ |
| 65 | Trappe PA | 4,061 | $127K | 4.5% | 1.0% | 4% | A+ |
| 66 | Double Oak TX | 3,051 | $172K | 3.7% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 67 | Center WI | 3,706 | $115K | 1.6% | 0.0% | 4% | A+ |
| 68 | East Troy WI | 4,002 | $124K | 3.0% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,771 | 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 Double Oak, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
11% of Double Oak works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Double Oak workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Double Oak | – | A+ | C | 27 min | $172,321 |
| Flower Mound | 11% | A+ | B− | 26 min | $161,235 |
| Bartonville | under 3% | A+ | B− | 31 min | $149,071 |
| Copper Canyon | under 3% | A | B− | 26 min | $155,625 |
| Lantana | under 3% | A+ | C− | 31 min | $199,489 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Flower Mound. Darker towns draw more of Double Oak’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 Double Oak: questions
What is the median household income in Double Oak?
$172,321 (±$31,559) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Double Oak?
3.7%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Double Oak?
27 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Double Oak work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (17%, 27 mi), Flower Mound (11%, 2 mi), Irving (9%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Double Oak walkable?
Double Oak is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Double Oak without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Double Oak, from the people who make the trip.
More of Double Oak
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.