Photo: Sfosterfate · CC BY 4.0Households in Fate earn more than those in 92% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 3.6% of residents, where Texas as a whole has 13.8%. Jobs and income earn Fate A; getting around on foot earns it C−. Only 2% work in Fate; the top destination outside it is Dallas (24%, 25 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Fate and work: the main findings
Jobs in Fate have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Fate went from 384 in 2013 to 1,657 in 2023, +332%. The jobs ↓
Fate is a place people come home to
There are 1,657 jobs based in Fate, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Fate has about 20,000 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fate’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Fate is Dallas, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 24% of working residents (2,502) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Fate workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. 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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Fate
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Fate is better than 88% of U.S. towns, #108 of 642 in Texas. Household income holds Fate’s grade up ($132,752, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fate could be anywhere from A− to A+.
What Fate’s employers do
1,657 jobs are based in Fate.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fate, 2013 → 2023: 384 → 1,657. 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 Fate’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Fate for work, and who comes in
On a workday 10,462 residents head out to work, 180 work right here, and 1,477 people come in from elsewhere.
About 20,000 people are in Fate on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
0.16 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.
How many miles Fate commutes
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.
Getting to work from Fate takes about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fate workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9,285 commuters (the 17% 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.
Where people from Fate work
Where Fate clocks in
10% of workers
5% 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.
In Fate, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fate is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns, #533 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Fate 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 11,227 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). 1.2% of Fate households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fate’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Fate is 310th of 1,467 U.S. towns of 20,000 to 39,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 4 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Colleyville TX | 25,727 | $218K | 2.5% | 3.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Corinth TX | 25,297 | $121K | 3.5% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 308 | Rockville Centre NY | 25,770 | $152K | 4.7% | 5.8% | 8% | A |
| 309 | Saugus MA | 29,179 | $102K | 6.0% | 3.8% | 7% | A |
| 310 | Fate TX | 29,007 | $133K | 3.6% | 5.4% | 2% | A |
| 311 | Franklin WI | 36,687 | $107K | 6.7% | 3.4% | 8% | A |
| 312 | Lisle IL | 23,432 | $107K | 5.9% | 4.2% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,467 | Barstow CA | 24,804 | $53K | 23.1% | 11.9% | 17% | 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 Fate, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
The towns next door employ 12% of Fate
The biggest share goes to Rockwall (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fate workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fate | – | A | C− | 35 min | $132,752 |
| Rockwall | 10% | A | B | 32 min | $115,580 |
| Royse City | 2% | A | C− | 34 min | $116,660 |
| Mobile City | under 3% | — | — | 51 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Mobile City: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fate’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 Fate: questions
What is the median household income in Fate?
$132,752 (±$10,239) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fate?
3.6%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fate?
35 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fate work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (24%, 25 mi), Rockwall (10%, 4 mi), Richardson (5%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fate walkable?
Fate is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fate 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 Fate, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fate
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.