Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0Unemployment in Jarrell (9.7%) is higher than in 94% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Jarrell is better than 73% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (B). Household incomes here are higher than in 84% of U.S. towns. Only 6% work in Jarrell; the top destination outside it is Austin (27%, 36 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Jarrell
Jobs in Jarrell have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Jarrell went from 530 in 2013 to 1,882 in 2023, +255%. The jobs ↓
Jarrell’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Jarrell is Austin, 36 miles away as the crow flies. 27% of working residents (316) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Jarrell is where the jobs are
Jarrell has 1,882 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Jarrell workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 46 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.
What’s behind Jarrell’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Jarrell’s grade up (2.2%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Jarrell could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
What the 1,882 jobs in Jarrell are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jarrell, 2013 → 2023: 530 → 1,882. 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 Jarrell’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Jarrell
About 18% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Jarrell
On a workday 1,079 residents head out to work, 75 work right here, and 1,807 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,600 people are in Jarrell on a workday afternoon, 12% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Getting to work from Jarrell takes about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jarrell workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,516 commuters (the 11% 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.
Who travels to work in Jarrell, and from where
Where Jarrell clocks in
27% of workers
11% of workers
8% 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.
Driving is how Jarrell gets around
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,703 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.0% of Jarrell households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Jarrell’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Jarrell is 1,028th of 3,432 U.S. towns of 4,100 to 7,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Hickory Creek TX | 6,875 | $149K | 2.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Garden Ridge TX | 4,371 | $177K | 0.4% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,026 | Tracyton WA | 6,137 | $104K | 9.1% | 2.1% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,027 | Souderton PA | 7,288 | $94K | 10.1% | 4.1% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,028 | Jarrell TX | 5,870 | $111K | 2.2% | 9.7% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,029 | Hadley MA | 5,213 | $119K | 6.4% | 4.7% | 14% | B+ |
| 1,030 | Deerfield NH | 4,989 | $132K | 6.8% | 2.5% | 8% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,432 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 4% | 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 Jarrell, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Jarrell and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Sonterra (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Jarrell’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 Jarrell: questions
What is the median household income in Jarrell?
$111,333 (±$11,620) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jarrell?
2.2%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jarrell?
33 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jarrell work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Austin (27%, 36 mi), Georgetown (11%, 11 mi), Round Rock (8%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Jarrell walkable?
Jarrell is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Jarrell without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jarrell, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jarrell
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.