With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Flat works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Flat; the top destination outside it is Gatesville (16%, 12 miles). Flat has 3 jobs; 55 of its residents have a job. Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Texas as a whole has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Flat on a workday afternoon
On a workday 55 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 300 people are in Flat on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
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 out of Flat: the destinations
Where Flat clocks in
16% 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.
What Flat’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Flat’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Flat
of Flat workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 60 commuters (the 0% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Flat
About 33% 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.
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 Flat: questions
What is the median household income in Flat?
$63,693 (±$52,928) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Flat?
0.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Flat work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gatesville (16%, 12 mi), Temple (16%, 20 mi), Waco (11%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Flat without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Flat, from the people who make the trip.
More of Flat
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.