International Boundary Marker · Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Joaquin at work: jobs, income and the commute
About one in ten stay in Joaquin for work; outside it, Center is the main destination (26%, 14 miles). For 1% of workers, the job is at home, where Texas as a whole has 14%. The trip to work takes 25 minutes on average (Texas 27, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Joaquin apart on work
A big share show a job far from home
39% 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 Joaquin workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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; with 227 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How far it is to work from Joaquin
About 39% 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.
Joaquin’s commute takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Joaquin workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 383 commuters (the 1% 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 people are in Joaquin by day
On a workday 206 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 269 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).
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 Joaquin’s working residents head each day
Where Joaquin clocks in
26% of workers
5% of workers
3% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Joaquin
290 jobs are based in Joaquin.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Joaquin, 2013 → 2023: 113 → 290. 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 Joaquin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Joaquin: questions
What is the median household income in Joaquin?
$35,625 (±$20,243) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Joaquin?
25.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Joaquin?
25 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Joaquin work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Center (26%, 14 mi), Houston (5%, 170 mi), Mansfield (3%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Joaquin 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 Joaquin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Joaquin
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.