Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0Garrett has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
71 jobs are based in Garrett; 392 of its residents have a job. The average commute takes 20 minutes each way; Texas averages 27, the U.S. 26. At home: 17% of workers have no commute at all (Texas 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Garrett at work: what stands out
Garrett and Ennis trade workers both ways
Ennis is the top workplace for Garrett residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Garrett come from (24% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Garrett is a place people come home to
There are 71 jobs based in Garrett, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Garrett has about 560 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Garrett are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas 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; with 392 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
25% of working residents work in Ennis
Where Garrett clocks in
25% 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.
Who works in Garrett, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 392 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 71 people come in from elsewhere.
About 560 people are in Garrett on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of Texas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Garrett workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 402 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.
Jobs in Garrett: what the 71 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Garrett, 2013 → 2023: 70 → 71. 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 Garrett’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Garrett’s workers travel
About 16% 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.
Next door is work for 25% of Garrett
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Ennis. Darker towns draw more of Garrett’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 Garrett: questions
What is the median household income in Garrett?
$79,792 (±$35,171) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Garrett?
3.1%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Garrett?
20 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Garrett work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ennis (25%, 4 mi), Dallas (15%, 30 mi), Waxahachie (7%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Garrett without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Garrett, from the people who make the trip.
More of Garrett
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.