Households in Mathis have lower incomes than those in 98% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 4% of workers, against 14% across Texas. The poverty rate is 29.5% (Texas 13.8%). Jobs and income earn Mathis D−; getting around on foot earns it B.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Mathis: the figures worth knowing
Mathis’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Mathis is Corpus Christi, 46 miles away as the crow flies. 21% of working residents (347) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Commutes from Mathis are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Mathis workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% 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 ↓
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.
Why Mathis gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mathis is better than 5% of U.S. towns, #618 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds Mathis’ grade up (ahead of 40% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($35,271, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mathis could be anywhere from D− to C−.
How far it is to work from Mathis
About 32% 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.
Each way, about 20 minutes from Mathis
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mathis workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,534 commuters (the 4% 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.
Who works in Mathis, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,365 residents head out to work, 311 work right here, and 721 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,700 people are in Mathis on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.62 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.
21% of working residents work in Corpus Christi
Where Mathis clocks in
21% of workers
5% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Mathis
1,032 jobs are based in Mathis.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mathis, 2013 → 2023: 883 → 1,032. 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 Mathis’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most trips from Mathis start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mathis is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns, #205 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Mathis near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,592 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). 18.0% of Mathis households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mathis’ commuters take a bus or train.
U.S. towns of 3,000 to 5,800, and where Mathis sits
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| 4 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 5 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,868 | Lansford PA | 4,123 | $45K | 23.8% | 21.2% | 3% | D− |
| 3,869 | Honea Path SC | 3,950 | $33K | 33.6% | 15.5% | 4% | D− |
| 3,870 | Mathis TX | 4,312 | $35K | 29.5% | 10.4% | 19% | D− |
| 3,871 | Hearne TX | 4,719 | $37K | 27.3% | 15.3% | 18% | D− |
| 3,872 | Colorado City AZ | 3,484 | $64K | 29.4% | 4.1% | 19% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,039 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Mathis, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
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 Mathis: questions
What is the median household income in Mathis?
$35,271 (±$7,823) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mathis?
29.5%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mathis?
20 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mathis work?
19% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Corpus Christi (21%, 46 mi), Alice (7%, 28 mi), San Antonio (5%, 104 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mathis walkable?
Mathis is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mathis without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mathis, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mathis
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.