Household incomes in Gunter top those of 88% of U.S. towns
Only 4% stay in Gunter for work; outside it, Sherman is the main destination (16%, 18 miles). The poverty rate is 2.5%, against 13.8% across Texas. Gunter grades A for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Gunter stands out on work
Gunter and Sherman trade workers both ways
Sherman is the top workplace for Gunter residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Gunter come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Gunter than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Gunter fell from 785 in 2013 to 582 in 2023, −26%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. 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 832 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Gunter’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Gunter is better than 93% of U.S. towns, #62 of 642 in Texas. The poverty rate is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 69% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Gunter could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Commuting out of Gunter: the destinations
Where Gunter clocks in
16% of workers
7% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Gunter
582 jobs are based in Gunter.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gunter, 2013 → 2023: 785 → 582. 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 Gunter’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Gunter, and who commutes in
On a workday 795 residents head out to work, 37 work right here, and 545 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Gunter on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.70 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
About 30 minutes each way for Gunter’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gunter workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,125 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.
How far it is to work from Gunter
About 15% 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.
In Gunter, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Gunter is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns, #580 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Gunter 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 1,302 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). 1.6% of Gunter households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Gunter’s commuters take a bus or train.
269th of 5,083: where Gunter ranks among U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Southside Place TX | 1,916 | $163K | 5.0% | 5.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 267 | Harmony WI | 2,608 | $123K | 3.8% | 2.5% | 1% | A |
| 268 | Barton WI | 2,769 | $120K | 6.1% | 1.5% | 2% | A |
| 269 | Gunter TX | 2,574 | $120K | 2.5% | 2.9% | 4% | A |
| 270 | Weyers Cave VA | 2,744 | $98K | 1.6% | 0.0% | 6% | A |
| 271 | Sag Harbor NY | 2,841 | $130K | 3.1% | 0.4% | 13% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Gunter, 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 Gunter: questions
What is the median household income in Gunter?
$120,000 (±$21,230) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gunter?
2.5%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gunter?
30 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gunter work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sherman (16%, 18 mi), McKinney (7%, 17 mi), Plano (6%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Gunter walkable?
Gunter is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gunter 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 Gunter, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gunter
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.