More than half of Four Corners’ working residents commute to Houston
The trip to work takes 39 minutes on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. Four Corners grades B for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. There are 823 jobs in Four Corners for 5,218 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Four Corners stands out on work
More than half of Four Corners works in Houston
2,846 working residents, 55%, have their main job in Houston, 18 miles away across the town line. That’s 55 times as many as work in Four Corners itself. The commute map ↓
Four Corners workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 39 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 299 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Four Corners is a place people come home to
There are 823 jobs based in Four Corners, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Four Corners has about 7,300 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Four Corners has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Four Corners went from 506 in 2013 to 823 in 2023, +63%. 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.
Where Four Corners’ Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Four Corners is better than 60% of U.S. towns, #251 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds Four Corners’ grade up (ahead of 97% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (7.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Four Corners could be anywhere from C+ to A.
The towns that employ Four Corners’ residents
Where Four Corners clocks in
55% of workers
2% 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.
Time on the road from Four Corners: about 39 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Four Corners workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,228 commuters (the 14% 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.
A workday in Four Corners: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 5,170 residents head out to work, 48 work right here, and 775 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,300 people are in Four Corners on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
The kinds of work in Four Corners
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Four Corners, 2013 → 2023: 506 → 823. 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 Four Corners’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Four Corners works
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 Four Corners, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Four Corners is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns, #414 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% 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 6,054 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 20% 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). 2.4% of Four Corners households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Four Corners’ commuters take a bus or train.
How Four Corners ranks: 1,384th of 2,695 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Lucas TX | 8,896 | $221K | 1.3% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Lantana TX | 12,766 | $199K | 0.6% | 2.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,382 | Wantage Township NJ | 11,154 | $100K | 6.6% | 5.2% | 9% | B |
| 1,383 | Richmond Heights FL | 9,992 | $68K | 13.6% | 3.4% | 1% | B |
| 1,384 | Four Corners TX | 11,692 | $76K | 8.3% | 7.0% | 1% | B |
| 1,385 | Fountain Inn SC | 14,722 | $74K | 7.7% | 4.7% | 5% | B |
| 1,386 | Garden City ID | 13,047 | $70K | 12.0% | 3.4% | 8% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Four Corners, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
55% of Four Corners works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Four Corners workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Four Corners | – | B | C+ | 39 min | $76,452 |
| Houston | 55% | C+ | A | 27 min | $64,813 |
| Mission Bend | under 1% | B− | B | 32 min | $67,282 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Houston. Darker towns draw more of Four Corners’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 Four Corners: questions
What is the median household income in Four Corners?
$76,452 (±$6,552) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Four Corners?
8.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Four Corners?
39 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Four Corners work?
1% work in town.
Is Four Corners walkable?
Four Corners is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Four Corners without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Four Corners, from the people who make the trip.
More of Four Corners
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.