Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Ferris have higher incomes than those in 68% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Ferris is better than 81% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (C−). The poverty rate is 7.7%; Texas has 13.8%. Only 5% work in Ferris itself; outside it, Dallas draws the most (28%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Ferris apart on work
Ferris workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
28% of Ferris works in Dallas
420 working residents, 28%, have their main job in Dallas, 19 miles away. That’s 6 times as many as work in Ferris itself. The commute map ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Ferris
Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 93% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ferris could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Ferris’ commute takes about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ferris workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,279 commuters (the 12% 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.
The towns that employ Ferris’ residents
Where Ferris clocks in
6% of workers
4% 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.
Ferris by day and by night
On a workday 1,399 residents head out to work, 80 work right here, and 1,160 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Inside Ferris’ 1,240 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ferris, 2013 → 2023: 1,100 → 1,240. 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 Ferris’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Ferris
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.
Most of Ferris commutes by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 1,452 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). 4.3% of Ferris households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ferris’ commuters take a bus or train.
761st of 4,039: where Ferris ranks among U.S. towns of 3,000 to 5,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| 4 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 5 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 759 | Four Corners MT | 5,791 | $101K | 6.3% | 0.5% | 10% | A− |
| 760 | Rice Lake MN | 4,169 | $90K | 7.2% | 1.2% | 7% | A− |
| 761 | Ferris TX | 4,291 | $90K | 7.7% | 3.5% | 5% | A− |
| 762 | Conoy Township PA | 3,289 | $74K | 6.1% | 1.5% | 4% | A− |
| 763 | Fairfax VT | 5,455 | $129K | 5.1% | 2.1% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,039 | 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 Ferris, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Ferris and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Ferris’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 Ferris: questions
What is the median household income in Ferris?
$89,722 (±$30,392) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ferris?
7.7%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ferris?
32 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ferris work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (28%, 18 mi), Fort Worth (6%, 43 mi), Irving (4%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ferris walkable?
Ferris is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ferris without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ferris, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ferris
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.