Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Ladonia commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Ladonia; the top destination outside it is Dallas (14%, 65 miles). Employers in Ladonia report 35 jobs for 277 working residents. Working residents average 44 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Ladonia in brief
Ladonia’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Ladonia is Dallas, 65 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (39) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
51% 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 ↓
Ladonia is a place people come home to
There are 35 jobs based in Ladonia, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Ladonia has about 390 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 277 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Short hops and long hauls from Ladonia
About 51% 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.
Ladonia quiets down on a workday
On a workday 276 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere.
About 390 people are in Ladonia on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
Where Ladonia’s working residents head each day
Where Ladonia clocks in
13% 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.
The kinds of work in Ladonia
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ladonia, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 35. 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 Ladonia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 44 minutes to work from Ladonia
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ladonia workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 139 commuters (the 14% 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.
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 Ladonia: questions
What is the median household income in Ladonia?
$49,714 (±$14,642) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ladonia?
12.1%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ladonia?
44 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ladonia work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (14%, 65 mi), Bonham (13%, 18 mi), Sherman (6%, 41 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ladonia without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ladonia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ladonia
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.