Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer people are out of work in Malakoff (0.3%) than in 98% of U.S. towns
About one in ten work in Malakoff; the top destination outside it is Athens (14%, 11 miles). Malakoff grades C+ for jobs and income and B for walkability. Household incomes here are lower than in 79% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Malakoff apart
A big share show a job far from home
38% 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 ↓
Malakoff has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Malakoff went from 678 in 2013 to 997 in 2023, +47%. The jobs ↓
Malakoff makes and builds things
36% of the jobs based in Malakoff are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Malakoff residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 21%. 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; with 786 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Malakoff’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Malakoff is better than 36% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Malakoff’s grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (20.5%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Malakoff could be anywhere from C− to B.
How far Malakoff goes to work
About 38% 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.
36% of the jobs in Malakoff make or build things
997 jobs are based in Malakoff.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Malakoff, 2013 → 2023: 678 → 997. 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 Malakoff’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Malakoff, and who commutes in
On a workday 699 residents head out to work, 87 work right here, and 910 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.27 per resident).
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 Malakoff’s working residents head each day
Where Malakoff clocks in
14% of workers
7% 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.
Each way, about 24 minutes from Malakoff
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Malakoff workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 881 commuters (the 11% 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.
Few in Malakoff walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Malakoff is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.0% across Texas, on an EPA index of 6.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 988 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). 14.6% of Malakoff households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Malakoff’s commuters take a bus or train.
Malakoff is 2,957th of 5,102 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Southside Place TX | 1,916 | $163K | 5.0% | 5.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Bartonville TX | 1,937 | $149K | 4.3% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,955 | Llano Grande TX | 2,283 | $40K | 11.3% | 10.6% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,956 | Marcellus NY | 1,761 | $69K | 8.7% | 13.7% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,957 | Malakoff TX | 2,253 | $57K | 20.5% | 0.3% | 11% | C+ |
| 2,958 | Otsego Lake Township MI | 2,968 | $73K | 10.2% | 4.1% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,959 | Suttons Bay Township MI | 2,959 | $116K | 10.3% | 10.5% | 23% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,102 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Malakoff, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
How Malakoff compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Malakoff workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malakoff | – | C+ | B | 24 min | $56,719 |
| Caney City | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Trinidad | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Caney City and Trinidad: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Malakoff’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 Malakoff: questions
What is the median household income in Malakoff?
$56,719 (±$12,053) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Malakoff?
20.5%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Malakoff?
24 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Malakoff work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Athens (14%, 11 mi), Tyler (7%, 43 mi), Dallas (4%, 61 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Malakoff walkable?
Malakoff is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Malakoff without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Malakoff, from the people who make the trip.
More of Malakoff
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.