Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Goliad trail those of 95% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Goliad is better than 3% of U.S. towns (D−); for walkability it is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (C+). The poverty rate is 26.4%; Texas has 13.8%. 7% 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
Getting to work from Goliad, in brief
A big share show a job far from home
47% 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 ↓
Goliad’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Goliad is Victoria, 27 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (91) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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 647 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Goliad
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Goliad’s grade.
Unemployment (9.6%) is left out: Goliad’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Goliad could be anywhere from D− to D.
Miles to work from Goliad
About 47% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Goliad
On a workday 547 residents head out to work, 100 work right here, and 619 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 (1.11 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.
14% of working residents work in Victoria
Where Goliad clocks in
14% of workers
9% of workers
5% 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.
The 719 jobs based in Goliad
719 jobs are based in Goliad.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Goliad, 2013 → 2023: 738 → 719. 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 Goliad’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 26 minutes from Goliad
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Goliad workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 631 commuters (the 7% 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.
Getting around Goliad: mostly by car
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 677 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). 15.8% of Goliad households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Goliad’s commuters take a bus or train.
Goliad and other U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,479 | Pine Prairie LA | 1,554 | $33K | 28.2% | 13.3% | 3% | D− |
| 5,480 | Lumberton MS | 1,656 | $38K | 35.7% | 8.8% | 8% | D− |
| 5,481 | Goliad TX | 1,708 | $42K | 26.4% | 9.6% | 15% | D− |
| 5,482 | Camden Township MI | 2,075 | $52K | 32.4% | 5.8% | 3% | D− |
| 5,483 | Julesburg CO | 1,217 | $44K | 17.5% | 3.7% | 23% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | 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 Goliad, 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 Goliad: questions
What is the median household income in Goliad?
$42,266 (±$19,555) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Goliad?
26.4%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Goliad?
26 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Goliad work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Victoria (14%, 27 mi), San Antonio (9%, 88 mi), Austin (5%, 114 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Goliad walkable?
Goliad is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Goliad without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Goliad, from the people who make the trip.
More of Goliad
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.