With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Inez works elsewhere
Inez has 138 jobs for 1,147 working residents. Jobs and income earn Inez B; getting around on foot earns it D−. 4% of workers have no commute at all, where Texas as a whole has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Inez in brief
Inez and Victoria trade workers both ways
Victoria is the top workplace for Inez residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Inez come from (33% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Inez is a place people come home to
There are 138 jobs based in Inez, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Inez has about 1,000 people in it, 50% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
38% 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 ↓
Few Inez workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Inez are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas 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.
The figures behind Inez’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Inez is better than 64% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Inez’s grade up (2.0%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 16% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Inez could be anywhere from C− to A.
33% of working residents work in Victoria
Where Inez clocks in
33% 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.
Inez quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,131 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 122 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Inez on a workday afternoon, 50% 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 in the region Inez works
About 38% 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.
From Inez, about 22 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Inez workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 955 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.
Inez makes things: 53% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Inez, 2013 → 2023: 112 → 138. 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 Inez’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Inez, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Inez is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Inez 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 998 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). 2.0% of Inez households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Inez’s commuters take a bus or train.
Inez places 1,475th of 5,509 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700
| # | 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 22 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| 23 | Serenada TX | 1,444 | $155K | 1.5% | 2.6% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,473 | Gill MA | 1,551 | $90K | 5.8% | 6.3% | 8% | B |
| 1,474 | Grant WI | 1,849 | $89K | 4.8% | 1.5% | 1% | B |
| 1,475 | Inez TX | 2,031 | $83K | 5.7% | 2.0% | 1% | B |
| 1,476 | Leelanau Township MI | 2,109 | $119K | 4.3% | 0.0% | 28% | B |
| 1,477 | Riverside Township IL | 1,982 | $81K | 5.9% | 4.1% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | 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 Inez, 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 Inez: questions
What is the median household income in Inez?
$82,838 (±$26,471) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Inez?
5.7%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Inez?
22 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Inez work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Victoria (33%, 12 mi), Houston (7%, 105 mi), Point Comfort (6%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Inez walkable?
Inez is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Inez 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 Inez, from the people who make the trip.
More of Inez
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.