Photo: Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0Josephine has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Josephine report 84 jobs, and 1,513 of its residents work somewhere. Josephine grades A for jobs and income and D for walkability. Hardly any stay in Josephine for work; outside it, Dallas is the main destination (17%, 32 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Josephine: the gist
Josephine workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 49 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 376 hours of commuting, 169 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Josephine is a place people come home to
There are 84 jobs based in Josephine, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Josephine’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Josephine is Dallas, 32 miles away as the crow flies. 17% of working residents (252) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. 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.
Josephine’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Josephine is better than 90% of U.S. towns, #86 of 642 in Texas. Unemployment is its strongest input (1.8%, U.S. 5.2%); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($91,000, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Josephine could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Time on the road from Josephine: about 49 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Josephine workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,171 commuters (the 18% 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 Josephine by day
On a workday 1,510 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,800 people are in Josephine on a workday afternoon, 14% 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.
How far Josephine goes to work
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.
Where the trip to work from Josephine ends
Where Josephine clocks in
6% 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.
67% of the jobs in Josephine pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Josephine, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 84. 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 Josephine’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most trips from Josephine start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Josephine is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns, #602 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Josephine 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 2,658 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). 0.8% of Josephine households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Josephine’s commuters take a bus or train.
Josephine places 452nd of 2,878 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Alamo Heights TX | 7,632 | $183K | 2.5% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Lucas TX | 8,896 | $221K | 1.3% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 450 | Franconia Township PA | 13,827 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.5% | 9% | A |
| 451 | Winfield IL | 10,146 | $136K | 3.2% | 5.6% | 2% | A |
| 452 | Josephine TX | 10,208 | $91K | 5.8% | 1.8% | <1% | A |
| 453 | Cedarburg WI | 12,916 | $85K | 4.7% | 2.1% | 11% | A |
| 454 | Waterville Township OH | 7,112 | $114K | 7.1% | 1.6% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Josephine, 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 Josephine: questions
What is the median household income in Josephine?
$91,000 (±$18,456) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Josephine?
5.8%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Josephine?
49 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Josephine work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (17%, 32 mi), Plano (10%, 25 mi), Richardson (6%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Josephine walkable?
Josephine is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Josephine without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Josephine, from the people who make the trip.
More of Josephine
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.