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Jobs & commute in Enchanted Oaks

Enchanted Oaks has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each

At home: 23% of workers have no commute at all (Texas 14%). There are 32 jobs in Enchanted Oaks; 107 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Enchanted Oaks itself; outside it, Mabank draws the most (8%, 7 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who works in Enchanted Oaks, and who works elsewhere

On a workday 106 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere.

106live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
31work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night380
Workday310
380live here− 110head out to work+ 31come in to work= 310on a workday

About 310 people are in Enchanted Oaks on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.30jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where Enchanted Oaks goes to work

Enchanted OaksPayne SpringsSeven Points: 2 residents work here (2%)Eustace: 4 residents work here (4%)FairfieldGun Barrel City: 6 residents work here (6%)Mabank: 9 residents work here (8%)FateAthens: 8 residents work here (7%)Jacksonville: 3 residents work here (3%)Corsicana: 4 residents work here (4%)PalestineRockwallDallas: 6 residents work here (6%)Fort Worth: 4 residents work here (4%)Tyler: 3 residents work here (3%)MabankAthensGun Barrel CityDallasEustaceCorsicanaEnchanted Oaks
1
Mabank7.3 mi away
8%9
2
Athens16.8 mi away
7%8
3
Gun Barrel City4.5 mi away
6%6
4
Dallas52.8 mi away
6%6
5
Eustace6.2 mi away
4%4
6
Corsicana24.5 mi away
4%4
7
Fort Worth80.5 mi away
4%4
8
Jacksonville53.7 mi away
3%3
9
Tyler47 mi away
3%3
10
Seven Points6.6 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
54%58
The top trips

Where Enchanted Oaks clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Services make up most of the work in Enchanted Oaks

Jobs based in Enchanted OaksJobs Enchanted Oaks residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%21%
Trade, transport & utilities0%24%
Services: health, schools, offices100%55%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less3%19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month41%42%
Over $3,333 a month56%39%

Who does it

29 or younger6%26%
30 to 5469%50%
55 and older25%24%
+3%

Jobs based in Enchanted Oaks, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 32. 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 Enchanted Oaks’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Each way, about 37 minutes from Enchanted Oaks

A year of commuting
286 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.9 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Enchanted Oaks37 min
Texas27 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
23%

of Enchanted Oaks workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
How Enchanted Oaks gets to work
83%Drive alone
17%Carpool

Share of the 77 commuters (the 23% 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

The distance from Enchanted Oaks to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miMabank: 8% · 7.3 miAthens: 7% · 16.8 miGun Barrel City: 6% · 4.5 miDallas: 6% · 52.8 miEustace: 4% · 6.2 miCorsicana: 4% · 24.5 miFort Worth: 4% · 80.5 miJacksonville: 3% · 53.7 miTyler: 3% · 47 miSeven Points: 2% · 6.6 miMabank 8%Athens 7%Gun Barrel City 6%Dallas 6%Eustace 4%Enchanted Oaks
Enchanted OaksTop destinations (size = commuters)
27%Under 10 mi29 residents
17%10–24 mi18 residents
16%25–50 mi17 residents
40%Over 50 mi43 residents

About 40% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Enchanted Oaks: questions

What is the median household income in Enchanted Oaks?

$79,250 (±$41,591) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Enchanted Oaks?

6.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Enchanted Oaks?

37 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Enchanted Oaks work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mabank (8%, 7 mi), Athens (7%, 17 mi), Gun Barrel City (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Enchanted Oaks without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Enchanted Oaks, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Enchanted Oaks

Enchanted Oaks home →

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.