Photo: Randy C. Bunney, Great Circle PhotoGraphics · CC BY-SA 3.0Fulton has lower household incomes than 79% of U.S. towns
For 28% of workers, the job is at home, against 14% across Texas. Below the poverty line: 7.9% of residents, where Texas as a whole has 13.8%. Jobs and income earn Fulton C+; getting around on foot earns it A−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Fulton: the figures worth knowing
Fulton and Rockport trade workers both ways
Rockport is the top workplace for Fulton residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Fulton come from (30% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
40% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
A lot of Fulton works from home
28% of Fulton workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. 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; with 471 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Fulton: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Fulton is better than 36% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Fulton’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($56,324, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (5.0%) is left out: Fulton’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Fulton could be anywhere from D to B+.
24% of working residents work in Rockport
Where Fulton clocks in
14% of workers
7% 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.
Where in the region Fulton works
About 40% 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.
Time on the road from Fulton: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fulton workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 163 commuters (the 28% 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.
In and out of Fulton on a workday
On a workday 448 residents head out to work, 23 work right here, and 337 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 (0.76 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.
The 360 jobs based in Fulton
360 jobs are based in Fulton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fulton, 2013 → 2023: 152 → 360. 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 Fulton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Fulton is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fulton is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Fulton 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 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). 0.0% of Fulton households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fulton’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Fulton ranks: 2,838th of 5,381 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 26 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,836 | Stateburg SC | 2,027 | $66K | 11.1% | 7.3% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,837 | Oakley KS | 1,974 | $77K | 16.2% | 2.5% | 36% | C+ |
| 2,838 | Fulton TX | 1,647 | $56K | 7.9% | 5.0% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,839 | Marissa Township IL | 2,149 | $68K | 11.5% | 9.8% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,840 | Marcellus NY | 1,761 | $69K | 8.7% | 13.7% | 8% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,381 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Fulton, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Work next door: 24% of Fulton’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Rockport. Darker towns draw more of Fulton’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 Fulton: questions
What is the median household income in Fulton?
$56,324 (±$22,671) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fulton?
7.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fulton?
30 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fulton work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rockport (24%, 2 mi), Corpus Christi (14%, 24 mi), Houston (7%, 155 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fulton walkable?
Fulton is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fulton 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 Fulton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fulton
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.