Photo: Liveon001 at English Wikipedia · CC BY 4.0Henrietta has lower unemployment (1.0%) than 94% of U.S. towns
For 5% of workers, the job is at home (Texas 14%). Jobs and income earn Henrietta B; getting around on foot earns it B. About one in five work in Henrietta itself; outside it, Wichita Falls draws the most (27%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Henrietta at work: what stands out
Henrietta and Wichita Falls trade workers both ways
Wichita Falls is the top workplace for Henrietta residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Henrietta come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Henrietta are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
40% 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.
Henrietta’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Henrietta is better than 59% of U.S. towns, #256 of 642 in Texas. Unemployment holds Henrietta’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 32% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Henrietta could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Where Henrietta goes to work
Where Henrietta clocks in
27% of workers
6% of workers
2% 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.
Time on the road from Henrietta: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Henrietta workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,319 commuters (the 5% 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 Henrietta commutes less than 22 miles
About 40% 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.
Henrietta quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,286 residents head out to work, 302 work right here, and 380 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Henrietta on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
0.43 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.
What Henrietta’s employers do
682 jobs are based in Henrietta.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Henrietta, 2013 → 2023: 641 → 682. 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 Henrietta’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Henrietta, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Henrietta is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns, #221 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Henrietta 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 1,393 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). 5.1% of Henrietta households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Henrietta’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,453 U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400, Henrietta comes 1,753rd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,751 | Pulaski Township PA | 3,043 | $75K | 5.9% | 5.4% | 4% | B |
| 1,752 | Pelican Bay TX | 2,729 | $71K | 10.3% | 5.9% | <1% | B |
| 1,753 | Henrietta TX | 3,258 | $67K | 8.2% | 1.0% | 19% | B |
| 1,754 | Amery WI | 2,927 | $59K | 5.9% | 1.0% | 25% | B |
| 1,755 | Sheffield Township IN | 4,013 | $81K | 26.9% | 0.7% | 13% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Henrietta, 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 Henrietta: questions
What is the median household income in Henrietta?
$66,630 (±$10,216) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Henrietta?
8.2%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Henrietta?
20 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Henrietta work?
19% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wichita Falls (27%, 20 mi), Fort Worth (6%, 86 mi), Irving (2%, 97 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Henrietta walkable?
Henrietta is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Henrietta 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 Henrietta, from the people who make the trip.
More of Henrietta
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.