Households in Grapeland have lower incomes than those in 96% of U.S. towns
13.1% of residents are in poverty (Texas 13.8%). Grapeland grades D for jobs and income and D for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers, against 14% across Texas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Grapeland, in brief
A big share show a job far from home
48% 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 ↓
Grapeland is where the jobs are
Grapeland has 931 jobs, 1.9 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Grapeland makes and builds things
59% of the jobs based in Grapeland are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Grapeland residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 22%. 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; with 497 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Grapeland’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Grapeland is better than 7% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Grapeland’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($39,643, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (10.7%) is left out: Grapeland’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, Grapeland could be anywhere from D− to C.
Near or far: the trip to work from Grapeland
About 48% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Grapeland
On a workday 412 residents head out to work, 85 work right here, and 846 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Grapeland on a workday afternoon, 29% more than live here.
1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Making and building: 59% of jobs based in Grapeland
931 jobs are based in Grapeland.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grapeland, 2013 → 2023: 743 → 931. 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 Grapeland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who travels to work in Grapeland, and from where
Where Grapeland clocks in
11% of workers
7% of workers
4% 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 daily trip from Grapeland: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grapeland workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 653 commuters (the 4% 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.
In Grapeland, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Grapeland is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 681 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). 9.8% of Grapeland households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Grapeland’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000, Grapeland ranks 5,538th of 6,308 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 34 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,536 | Terrytown NE | 1,040 | $44K | 31.4% | 2.9% | <1% | D |
| 5,537 | Elm City NC | 1,250 | $36K | 33.7% | 8.8% | 3% | D |
| 5,538 | Grapeland TX | 1,475 | $40K | 13.1% | 10.7% | 17% | D |
| 5,539 | Coeburn VA | 1,535 | $55K | 19.1% | 14.6% | 8% | D |
| 5,540 | Maple Valley Township MI | 1,161 | $61K | 20.5% | 2.8% | 3% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Grapeland, 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 Grapeland: questions
What is the median household income in Grapeland?
$39,643 (±$15,901) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grapeland?
13.1%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grapeland?
26 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grapeland work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Crockett (11%, 12 mi), Houston (7%, 118 mi), Huntsville (4%, 55 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Grapeland walkable?
Grapeland is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Grapeland without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Grapeland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grapeland
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.