Unemployment in Everman (10.9%) is higher than in 96% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are lower than in 61% of U.S. towns. For jobs and income Everman is better than 33% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (C). Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers, against 14% across Texas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Everman in brief
Everman and Fort Worth trade workers both ways
Fort Worth is the top workplace for Everman residents (30%) and also where the most people who work in Everman come from (33% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Everman has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Everman went from 1,241 in 2013 to 1,899 in 2023, +53%. The jobs ↓
Everman makes and builds things
42% of the jobs based in Everman are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Everman residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 22%. The jobs ↓
Few Everman workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
The four measures behind Everman’s grade
Job access by car holds Everman’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Everman could be anywhere from C− to A−.
30% of working residents work in Fort Worth
Where Everman clocks in
30% of workers
8% 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.
Making and building: 42% of jobs based in Everman
1,899 jobs are based in Everman.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Everman, 2013 → 2023: 1,241 → 1,899. 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 Everman’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Everman: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Everman workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,327 commuters (the 3% 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 people are in Everman by day
On a workday 2,640 residents head out to work, 127 work right here, and 1,772 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,700 people are in Everman on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.69 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.
Miles to work from Everman
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 Everman, the car does most of the work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.7% 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 2,396 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 40% 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). 19.5% of Everman households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Everman’s commuters take a bus or train.
Everman is 2,329th of 3,218 U.S. towns of 4,600 to 8,800 on jobs and income
| # | 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 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| 4 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Hickory Creek TX | 6,875 | $149K | 2.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Alamo Heights TX | 7,632 | $183K | 2.5% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,327 | Attalla AL | 5,807 | $59K | 11.3% | 5.5% | 11% | C |
| 2,328 | Sawmills NC | 5,105 | $71K | 9.9% | 8.0% | 2% | C |
| 2,329 | Everman TX | 6,537 | $68K | 20.8% | 10.9% | 5% | C |
| 2,330 | East Flat Rock NC | 6,323 | $60K | 12.6% | 5.0% | 6% | C |
| 2,331 | Folcroft PA | 6,780 | $61K | 16.2% | 10.3% | 4% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,218 | 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 Everman, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
30% of Everman works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Everman workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Everman | – | C | C | 27 min | $68,311 |
| Fort Worth | 30% | B | B+ | 27 min | $79,507 |
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 Everman’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 Everman: questions
What is the median household income in Everman?
$68,311 (±$19,757) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Everman?
20.8%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Everman?
27 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Everman work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Worth (30%, 11 mi), Dallas (10%, 32 mi), Arlington (8%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Everman walkable?
Everman is more walkable than 29% 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 Everman without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 20% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Everman, from the people who make the trip.
More of Everman
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.