Most of Maud commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Maud; the top destination outside it is Texarkana (34%, 17 miles). 74 jobs are based in Maud, against 369 working residents. Home is the office for 3% of workers, next to 14% for Texas as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Maud
Maud is a place people come home to
There are 74 jobs based in Maud, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Maud has about 690 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
One in three of Maud works in Texarkana
127 working residents, 34%, have their main job in Texarkana, 17 miles away. That’s 34 times as many as work in Maud itself. The commute map ↓
Few Maud workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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; with 369 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Maud on a workday afternoon
On a workday 367 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere.
About 690 people are in Maud on a workday afternoon, 30% 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 Maud’s working residents head each day
Where Maud clocks in
34% 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.
The daily trip from Maud: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Maud workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 424 commuters (the 3% 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.
A place that makes things: 36% of Maud’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Maud, 2013 → 2023: 69 → 74. 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 Maud’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Maud, by distance
About 23% 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.
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 Maud: questions
What is the median household income in Maud?
$60,441 (±$14,255) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Maud?
16.2%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Maud?
28 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Maud work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Texarkana (34%, 17 mi), Texarkana (7%, 22 mi), New Boston (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Maud without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Maud, from the people who make the trip.
More of Maud
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.