Most of Grays Prairie commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Working residents average 59 minutes each way, where Texas has 27 and the U.S. 26. Grays Prairie has 15 jobs, and 145 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Grays Prairie; the top destination outside it is Dallas (24%, 33 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Grays Prairie
On a workday 145 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Grays Prairie on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer 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.
Where Grays Prairie’s working residents head each day
Where Grays Prairie clocks in
9% 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.
Goods, not services: 40% of the jobs in Grays Prairie
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Grays Prairie’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Grays Prairie spends getting to work: about 59 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 19 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grays Prairie workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 152 commuters (the 17% 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.
Half of Grays Prairie commutes less than 37 miles
About 27% 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.
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 Grays Prairie: questions
What is the median household income in Grays Prairie?
$128,750 (±$20,850) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grays Prairie?
5.1%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grays Prairie?
59 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grays Prairie work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (24%, 33 mi), Kaufman (9%, 8 mi), Terrell (6%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Grays Prairie without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Grays Prairie, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grays Prairie
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.