Photo: Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0Lindsay has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
There are 135 jobs in Lindsay for 489 working residents. Lindsay grades A− for jobs and income and D for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 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: Lindsay in brief
Lindsay and Muenster trade workers both ways
Muenster is the top workplace for Lindsay residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Lindsay come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Lindsay is a place people come home to
There are 135 jobs based in Lindsay, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lindsay has about 910 people in it, 28% 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 489 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Lindsay’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Lindsay is better than 82% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Lindsay’s grade up (2.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 36% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.5%) is left out: Lindsay’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Lindsay could be anywhere from B+ to A.
22% of working residents work in Muenster
Where Lindsay clocks in
22% of workers
17% 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.
Lindsay quiets down on a workday
On a workday 476 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 122 people come in from elsewhere.
About 910 people are in Lindsay on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Jobs in Lindsay: what the 135 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lindsay, 2013 → 2023: 206 → 135. 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 Lindsay’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Lindsay’s commute takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lindsay workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 504 commuters (the 12% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Lindsay
About 24% 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.
Lindsay is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lindsay is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns. 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 572 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.4% of Lindsay households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lindsay’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lindsay next to U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700: 401st of 4,866 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 27 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 399 | Altamont NY | 1,648 | $112K | 6.4% | 0.8% | 3% | A− |
| 400 | Surrey ND | 1,450 | $106K | 1.4% | 3.4% | 1% | A− |
| 401 | Lindsay TX | 1,261 | $115K | 2.8% | 0.5% | 3% | A− |
| 402 | Washington Township IN | 1,227 | $105K | 0.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A− |
| 403 | North Bethlehem Township PA | 1,541 | $95K | 3.2% | 4.5% | <1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Lindsay, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Work next door: 17% of Lindsay’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lindsay workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindsay | – | A− | D | 27 min | $115,417 |
| Gainesville | 17% | C− | B− | 22 min | $58,809 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Gainesville. Darker towns draw more of Lindsay’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 Lindsay: questions
What is the median household income in Lindsay?
$115,417 (±$27,893) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lindsay?
2.8%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lindsay?
27 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lindsay work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Muenster (22%, 9 mi), Gainesville (17%, 4 mi), Denton (6%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lindsay walkable?
Lindsay is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lindsay without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lindsay, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lindsay
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.