Photo: LibertyNALE · CC BY-SA 4.0Justin has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
The two grades for Justin are A for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Employers in Justin report 1,124 jobs, and 2,463 of its residents work somewhere. Measured by household income, Justin is ahead of 86% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Justin in brief
Justin workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 40 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 307 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Justin than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Justin fell from 1,897 in 2013 to 1,124 in 2023, −41%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Justin
74% of Justin residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 50% of the jobs based in Justin pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Justin
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Justin is better than 88% of U.S. towns, #98 of 642 in Texas. The poverty rate holds Justin’s grade up (0.2%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (5.5%, U.S. 5.2%). 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, Justin could be anywhere from A− to A+.
From Justin, about 40 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Justin workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,133 commuters (the 21% 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.
The kinds of work in Justin
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Justin, 2013 → 2023: 1,897 → 1,124. 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 Justin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Justin on a workday
On a workday 2,422 residents head out to work, 41 work right here, and 1,083 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,900 people are in Justin on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
13% of working residents work in Fort Worth
Where Justin clocks in
13% 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.
How many miles Justin commutes
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.
Driving is how Justin gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Justin is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns, #378 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,684 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). 3.3% of Justin households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Justin’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Justin is 480th of 3,122 U.S. towns of 5,100 to 9,800
| # | 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 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Hickory Creek TX | 6,875 | $149K | 2.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Alamo Heights TX | 7,632 | $183K | 2.5% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 478 | Grass Lake Township MI | 6,273 | $96K | 3.6% | 1.7% | 8% | A |
| 479 | Raritan NJ | 8,516 | $108K | 8.0% | 2.8% | 7% | A |
| 480 | Justin TX | 7,285 | $114K | 0.2% | 5.5% | 2% | A |
| 481 | Grant Township KS | 5,743 | $95K | 3.3% | 3.1% | 2% | A |
| 482 | Hamilton MA | 7,674 | $130K | 7.8% | 3.0% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,122 | 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 Justin, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
The towns around Justin
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Justin’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 Justin: questions
What is the median household income in Justin?
$114,157 (±$14,906) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Justin?
0.2%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Justin?
40 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Justin work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Worth (13%, 21 mi), Dallas (12%, 37 mi), Denton (8%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Justin walkable?
Justin is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Justin 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 Justin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Justin
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.