Households in Godley earn more than those in 84% of U.S. towns
Only 8% stay in Godley for work; outside it, Fort Worth is the main destination (27%, 25 miles). 7.6% of residents are in poverty, next to 13.8% for Texas as a whole. Jobs and income earn Godley B+; getting around on foot earns it C−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Godley apart on work
Godley’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Godley is Fort Worth, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 27% of working residents (397) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Godley workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Nearly all the work in Godley is services
87% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 6% are in factories, building or farms. 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.
The four measures behind Godley’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Godley is better than 71% of U.S. towns, #190 of 642 in Texas. Household income holds Godley’s grade up ($110,417, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Godley could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
How far it is to work from Godley
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.
Getting to work from Godley takes about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Godley workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,309 commuters (the 10% 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.
Most jobs in Godley are in services
1,011 jobs are based in Godley.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Godley, 2013 → 2023: 902 → 1,011. 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 Godley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 1,335 residents head out to work, 116 work right here, and 895 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.
0.70 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.
Commuting out of Godley: the destinations
Where Godley clocks in
27% of workers
6% 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.
Getting around Godley: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Godley is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns, #564 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Godley 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 1,457 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). 3.1% of Godley households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Godley’s commuters take a bus or train.
Godley is 1,175th of 3,627 U.S. towns of 3,600 to 6,900 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 7 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Hickory Creek TX | 6,875 | $149K | 2.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,173 | Makanda Township IL | 3,987 | $85K | 8.5% | 1.3% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,174 | Beaver Dam WI | 4,105 | $82K | 5.0% | 3.5% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,175 | Godley TX | 5,093 | $110K | 7.6% | 5.2% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,176 | Hopewell Township NJ | 4,517 | $100K | 4.3% | 4.9% | 11% | B+ |
| 1,177 | Amwell Township PA | 3,646 | $78K | 6.6% | 2.5% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,627 | 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 Godley, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
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 Godley: questions
What is the median household income in Godley?
$110,417 (±$26,854) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Godley?
7.6%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Godley?
35 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Godley work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Worth (27%, 25 mi), Cleburne (6%, 10 mi), Dallas (5%, 50 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Godley walkable?
Godley is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Godley 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 Godley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Godley
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.