Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Graham have lower incomes than those in 68% of U.S. towns
18.4% of residents are in poverty, against 13.8% across Texas. The two grades for Graham are C− for jobs and income and B for walkability. For 1% of workers, the job is at home; Texas has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Graham, in brief
Commutes from Graham are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 92 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
45% 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 ↓
Few Graham workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
Where Graham’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Graham is better than 25% of U.S. towns, #475 of 642 in Texas. Unemployment holds Graham’s grade up (3.4%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 16% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Graham could be anywhere from D to B−.
About 15 minutes each way for Graham’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Graham workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,402 commuters (the 1% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Graham
About 45% 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.
Graham by day and by night
On a workday 2,608 residents head out to work, 1,362 work right here, and 2,073 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 (0.87 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.
Where Graham goes to work
Where Graham clocks in
4% of workers
3% 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.
The 3,435 jobs based in Graham
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Graham, 2013 → 2023: 4,371 → 3,435. 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 Graham’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Driving is how Graham gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Graham is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns, #161 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Graham 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 4,454 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). 8.3% of Graham households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Graham’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Graham is 2,357th among 2,878 U.S. towns of 6,200 to 11,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 3 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Hickory Creek TX | 6,875 | $149K | 2.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Alamo Heights TX | 7,632 | $183K | 2.5% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Oak Point TX | 6,909 | $126K | 1.5% | 1.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,355 | Saks AL | 10,681 | $50K | 20.0% | 3.9% | 1% | C− |
| 2,356 | Safford AZ | 10,279 | $66K | 14.1% | 4.3% | 36% | C− |
| 2,357 | Graham TX | 8,814 | $64K | 18.4% | 3.4% | 34% | C− |
| 2,358 | Merrill WI | 9,389 | $53K | 17.4% | 4.2% | 33% | C− |
| 2,359 | Skowhegan ME | 8,676 | $49K | 14.2% | 3.7% | 30% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Graham, 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 Graham: questions
What is the median household income in Graham?
$63,587 (±$12,858) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Graham?
18.4%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Graham?
15 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Graham work?
34% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Worth (4%, 75 mi), Wichita Falls (3%, 56 mi), Olney (2%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Graham walkable?
Graham is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Graham without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Graham, from the people who make the trip.
More of Graham
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.