Photo: Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0Granbury draws 9,142 commuters a day, with 2.2 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Granbury report 10,098 jobs for 4,692 working residents. Jobs and income earn Granbury B+; getting around on foot earns it B−. About one in five stay in Granbury for work; outside it, Fort Worth is the main destination (13%, 35 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Granbury at work: what stands out
Granbury is where the jobs are
Granbury has 10,098 jobs, 2.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 19,000 people are in town, 41% more than the 13,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Granbury draws workers from far and wide
The 10,098 jobs in Granbury are filled from a wide area. Granbury’s own residents hold 9% and the ten next-biggest home towns 19%; the other 72% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Granbury’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Granbury is Fort Worth, 35 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (590) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% 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 ↓
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 figures behind Granbury’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Granbury is better than 68% of U.S. towns, #215 of 642 in Texas. Unemployment holds Granbury’s grade up (2.7%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($73,516, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Granbury could be anywhere from B− to A.
The daily flow of workers through Granbury
On a workday 3,736 residents head out to work and 956 work right here.
About 19,000 people are in Granbury on a workday afternoon, 41% more 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.
Who travels to work in Granbury, and from where
Where Granbury clocks in
13% of workers
3% 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 commute from Granbury, by distance
About 34% 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 kinds of work in Granbury
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Granbury, 2013 → 2023: 9,172 → 10,098. 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 Granbury’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Granbury’s commute takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Granbury workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,222 commuters (the 14% 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.
Granbury is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Granbury is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns, #331 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.7% 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 4,901 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). 5.0% of Granbury households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Granbury’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,526 U.S. towns of 9,000 to 18,000, Granbury comes 1,105th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Lantana TX | 12,766 | $199K | 0.6% | 2.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 78 | Bellaire TX | 17,434 | $244K | 2.4% | 3.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,103 | Gypsum CO | 9,212 | $116K | 9.6% | 0.9% | 19% | B+ |
| 1,104 | Whitehall PA | 14,521 | $89K | 6.7% | 6.3% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,105 | Granbury TX | 13,263 | $74K | 6.9% | 2.7% | 20% | B+ |
| 1,106 | Emmett Township MI | 11,712 | $79K | 10.0% | 2.5% | 10% | B+ |
| 1,107 | Bridgeton MO | 11,277 | $72K | 11.5% | 3.2% | 7% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,526 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Granbury, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Granbury and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Granbury workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granbury | – | B+ | B− | 31 min | $73,516 |
| Stockton Bend | under 2% | — | — | 42 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Stockton Bend: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Granbury’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 Granbury: questions
What is the median household income in Granbury?
$73,516 (±$10,209) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Granbury?
6.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Granbury?
31 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Granbury work?
20% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Worth (13%, 35 mi), Dallas (3%, 64 mi), Abilene (3%, 114 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Granbury walkable?
Granbury is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Granbury without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Granbury, from the people who make the trip.
More of Granbury
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.