Heath’s household incomes are among the highest in the country
Measured by household income, Heath is among the highest-earning towns in the country. 2.0% of residents live below the poverty line; Texas has 13.8%. Heath grades A for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Heath
Jobs in Heath have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Heath went from 879 in 2013 to 1,875 in 2023, +113%. The jobs ↓
A lot of Heath works one town over
37% of working residents work in a town that borders Heath: Dallas (25%) and Rockwall (12%). Next door ↓
A lot of Heath works from home
29% of Heath workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Time on the road ↓
Heath workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Inside Heath’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Heath is better than 87% of U.S. towns, #113 of 642 in Texas. Household income holds Heath’s grade up ($220,828, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (7.5%, U.S. 5.2%). 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, Heath could be anywhere from A− to A+.
What the 1,875 jobs in Heath are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Heath, 2013 → 2023: 879 → 1,875. 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 Heath’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Heath’s commute takes about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Heath workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,124 commuters (the 29% 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.
Heath on a workday afternoon
On a workday 4,826 residents head out to work, 148 work right here, and 1,727 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,600 people are in Heath on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
0.38 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.
25% of working residents work in Dallas
Where Heath clocks in
12% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Heath
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.
Driving is how Heath gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Heath is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns, #337 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.8% 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 4,418 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 Heath households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Heath’s commuters take a bus or train.
Heath is 581st of 2,695 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000 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 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Lucas TX | 8,896 | $221K | 1.3% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Lantana TX | 12,766 | $199K | 0.6% | 2.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 579 | Leonia NJ | 9,441 | $130K | 4.3% | 6.0% | 5% | A |
| 580 | Brecksville OH | 13,843 | $135K | 3.5% | 5.6% | 9% | A |
| 581 | Heath TX | 11,671 | $221K | 2.0% | 7.5% | 3% | A |
| 582 | Poquoson VA | 13,292 | $121K | 4.5% | 3.2% | 12% | A |
| 583 | Westminster MA | 8,807 | $106K | 2.3% | 3.1% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Heath, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
37% of Heath works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Dallas (25%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Heath workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heath | – | A | C+ | 35 min | $220,828 |
| Dallas | 25% | B− | A | 26 min | $70,518 |
| Rockwall | 12% | A | B | 32 min | $115,580 |
| Travis Ranch | under 2% | A | D | 40 min | $83,801 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Heath’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 Heath: questions
What is the median household income in Heath?
$220,828 (±$21,886) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Heath?
2.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Heath?
35 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Heath work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (25%, 18 mi), Rockwall (12%, 5 mi), Plano (4%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Heath walkable?
Heath is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Heath 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 Heath, from the people who make the trip.
More of Heath
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.