Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 3.0Work, pay and getting to work in Iredell
Only 2% work in Iredell; the top destination outside it is Glen Rose (10%, 19 miles). Working residents average 21 minutes each way, where Texas has 27 and the U.S. 26. Iredell has 78 jobs; 119 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Iredell for work, and who comes in
On a workday 117 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 76 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Iredell on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.66 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.
Where Iredell goes to work
Where Iredell clocks in
10% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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: 37% of the jobs in Iredell
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Iredell, 2013 → 2023: 73 → 78. 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 Iredell’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Iredell: about 21 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Iredell workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 116 commuters (the 13% 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 many miles Iredell commutes
About 50% 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 Iredell: questions
What is the median household income in Iredell?
$54,250 (±$34,670) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Iredell?
9.2%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Iredell?
21 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Iredell work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Glen Rose (10%, 19 mi), Cleburne (5%, 37 mi), Fort Worth (5%, 63 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Iredell without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Iredell, from the people who make the trip.
More of Iredell
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.