Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Krum has lower unemployment (0.7%) than 96% of U.S. towns
A typical one-way commute lasts 32 minutes, where Texas has 27 and the U.S. 26. Jobs and income earn Krum A+; getting around on foot earns it C−. Household incomes here are higher than in 90% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Krum: the gist
Krum is a place people come home to
There are 595 jobs based in Krum, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Krum has about 4,100 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Krum and Denton trade workers both ways
Denton is the top workplace for Krum residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Krum come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Krum makes and builds things
36% of the jobs based in Krum are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Krum residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 17%. The jobs ↓
Krum workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 38 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.
What’s behind Krum’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Krum is among the top U.S. towns, #19 of 642 in Texas. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Krum’s grade. 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, Krum could be anywhere from A to A+.
A workday in Krum: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 3,311 residents head out to work, 41 work right here, and 554 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,100 people are in Krum on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.
0.18 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.
24% of working residents work in Denton
Where Krum clocks in
24% of workers
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.
In Krum, 36% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
595 jobs are based in Krum.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Krum, 2013 → 2023: 253 → 595. 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 Krum’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Krum: about 32 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Krum workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,763 commuters (the 17% 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 far Krum 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.
For most of Krum, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Krum is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns, #501 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 3,328 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 4.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 81% 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). 3.5% of Krum households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Krum’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 4,800 to 9,200, Krum ranks 53rd of 3,168 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Pike Creek DE | 7,129 | $140K | 1.3% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 52 | Crosspointe VA | 5,669 | $250K | 3.7% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 53 | Krum TX | 6,808 | $124K | 3.9% | 0.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 54 | Dry Run OH | 7,687 | $201K | 1.4% | 1.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 55 | Sharon Township OH | 6,117 | $126K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,168 | 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 Krum, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Krum and its neighbors: 24% work next door
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Denton. Darker towns draw more of Krum’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 Krum: questions
What is the median household income in Krum?
$124,405 (±$16,733) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Krum?
3.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Krum?
32 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Krum work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Denton (24%, 6 mi), Dallas (9%, 42 mi), Fort Worth (6%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Krum walkable?
Krum is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Krum without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Krum, from the people who make the trip.
More of Krum
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.