Mauriceville has higher unemployment (10.5%) than 95% of U.S. towns
0% of workers work from home; Texas has 14%. Jobs and income earn Mauriceville C−; getting around on foot earns it D−. Only 1% stay in Mauriceville for work; outside it, Beaumont is the main destination (18%, 19 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Mauriceville stands out on work
Fewer jobs are based in Mauriceville than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Mauriceville fell from 421 in 2014 to 219 in 2024, −48%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Mauriceville is a place people come home to
There are 219 jobs based in Mauriceville, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Mauriceville has about 1,900 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Mauriceville workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Mauriceville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Mauriceville
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mauriceville is better than 22% of U.S. towns, #508 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds Mauriceville’s grade up (ahead of 49% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mauriceville could be anywhere from D to B+.
Factories, building and farms: 35% of the jobs in Mauriceville
219 jobs are based in Mauriceville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mauriceville, 2014 → 2024: 421 → 219. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mauriceville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Mauriceville, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,280 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 204 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Mauriceville on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
0.17 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 2024, primary jobs.
Time on the road from Mauriceville: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mauriceville workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,185 commuters (the 0% 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.
Where Mauriceville’s working residents head each day
Where Mauriceville clocks in
18% of workers
16% 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.
How far Mauriceville’s workers travel
About 28% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Mauriceville is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mauriceville is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns, #627 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Mauriceville 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 1,185 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). 1.7% of Mauriceville households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mauriceville’s commuters take a bus or train.
3,578th of 4,618: where Mauriceville ranks among U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,576 | Mountain View Acres CA | 3,512 | $79K | 28.4% | 16.4% | 1% | C− |
| 3,577 | Zephyrhills North FL | 2,831 | $52K | 20.8% | 12.8% | 1% | C− |
| 3,578 | Mauriceville TX | 2,945 | $64K | 13.5% | 10.5% | 1% | C− |
| 3,579 | Whitesboro NY | 3,559 | $46K | 22.8% | 5.5% | 4% | C− |
| 3,580 | Atoka OK | 2,975 | $44K | 17.3% | 2.3% | 28% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,618 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 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 Mauriceville, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
The towns around Mauriceville
The biggest share goes to Vidor (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mauriceville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mauriceville | – | C− | D− | 32 min | $64,167 |
| Vidor | 4% | C | C | 24 min | $62,192 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mauriceville’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 2024, 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 Mauriceville: questions
What is the median household income in Mauriceville?
$64,167 (±$14,582) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mauriceville?
13.5%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mauriceville?
32 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mauriceville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Beaumont (18%, 19 mi), Orange (16%, 10 mi), Houston (7%, 96 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Mauriceville walkable?
Mauriceville is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mauriceville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mauriceville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mauriceville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.