Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0At 5.5%, unemployment in Euless is higher than in 68% of U.S. towns
A typical one-way commute lasts 25 minutes, where Texas has 27 and the U.S. 26. The two grades for Euless are B+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Only 4% stay in Euless for work; outside it, Fort Worth is the main destination (16%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Euless apart on work
Euless and Fort Worth trade workers both ways
Fort Worth is the top workplace for Euless residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Euless come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Euless has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Euless went from 12,373 in 2013 to 17,252 in 2023, +39%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The four measures behind Euless’ grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Euless is better than 70% of U.S. towns, #201 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds Euless’ grade up (among the top U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Euless could be anywhere from B to A−.
Out of Euless to work: where people go
Where Euless clocks in
16% 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.
Jobs in Euless: what the 17,252 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Euless, 2013 → 2023: 12,373 → 17,252. 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 Euless’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Euless by day and by night
On a workday 28,651 residents head out to work, 1,218 work right here, and 16,034 people come in from elsewhere.
About 47,000 people are in Euless on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
0.58 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.
Commuting from Euless: about 25 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Euless workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 27,840 commuters (the 18% 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 Euless’ workers travel
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.
In Euless, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Euless is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns, #278 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.1% 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 33,925 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 6% 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 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 44% 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). 3.4% of Euless households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Euless’ commuters take a bus or train.
Euless is 348th of 737 U.S. towns of 42,000 to 81,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 4 | Keller TX | 46,078 | $175K | 3.4% | 2.7% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Flower Mound TX | 79,540 | $161K | 4.3% | 3.4% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 346 | Clay NY | 59,285 | $91K | 8.4% | 4.2% | 13% | B+ |
| 347 | Tamiami FL | 49,752 | $78K | 11.6% | 3.4% | 5% | B+ |
| 348 | Euless TX | 60,008 | $82K | 7.8% | 5.5% | 4% | B+ |
| 349 | Bismarck ND | 77,963 | $78K | 9.3% | 2.5% | 69% | B+ |
| 350 | Stratford CT | 53,908 | $96K | 6.7% | 6.7% | 12% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 737 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Euless, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Euless and its neighbors: 30% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Euless workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Euless | – | B+ | B− | 25 min | $82,167 |
| Fort Worth | 16% | B | B+ | 27 min | $79,507 |
| Bedford | 4% | B+ | B− | 25 min | $83,971 |
| Hurst | under 3% | B+ | B+ | 25 min | $72,210 |
| Colleyville | under 3% | A+ | B+ | 24 min | $218,328 |
| Grapevine | 10% | A− | B+ | 22 min | $111,376 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Fort Worth. Darker towns draw more of Euless’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 Euless: questions
What is the median household income in Euless?
$82,167 (±$3,537) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Euless?
7.8%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Euless?
25 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Euless work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Worth (16%, 16 mi), Dallas (12%, 18 mi), Irving (10%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Euless walkable?
Euless is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Euless without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Euless, from the people who make the trip.
More of Euless
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.