McLendon-Chisholm has some of the highest household incomes of any U.S. town
Measured by household income, McLendon-Chisholm is among the highest-earning towns in the country. Below the poverty line: 0.9% of residents, next to 13.8% for Texas as a whole. McLendon-Chisholm grades A+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where McLendon-Chisholm stands out on work
McLendon-Chisholm workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 39 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 299 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Many jobs in McLendon-Chisholm pay little
34% of the jobs based in McLendon-Chisholm pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 36% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
McLendon-Chisholm’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside McLendon-Chisholm is Dallas, 22 miles away as the crow flies. 26% of working residents (520) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
McLendon-Chisholm is a place people come home to
There are 437 jobs based in McLendon-Chisholm, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday McLendon-Chisholm has about 4,000 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside McLendon-Chisholm
72% of McLendon-Chisholm residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 51% of the jobs based in McLendon-Chisholm pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. 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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in McLendon-Chisholm
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, McLendon-Chisholm is among the top U.S. towns, #12 of 642 in Texas. The poverty rate is its strongest input; unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (2.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, McLendon-Chisholm could be anywhere from A to A+.
McLendon-Chisholm’s commute takes about 39 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of McLendon-Chisholm workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,918 commuters (the 19% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in McLendon-Chisholm
437 jobs are based in McLendon-Chisholm.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in McLendon-Chisholm, 2013 → 2023: 175 → 437. 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 McLendon-Chisholm’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region McLendon-Chisholm works
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.
The daily commute in and out of McLendon-Chisholm
On a workday 1,995 residents head out to work, 26 work right here, and 411 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,000 people are in McLendon-Chisholm on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
0.22 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.
26% of working residents work in Dallas
Where McLendon-Chisholm clocks in
12% of workers
4% 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.
Most of McLendon-Chisholm commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, McLendon-Chisholm is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns, #554 of 642 in Texas. 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 2,380 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). 0.0% of McLendon-Chisholm households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of McLendon-Chisholm’s commuters take a bus or train.
McLendon-Chisholm next to U.S. towns of 3,900 to 7,600: 40th of 3,561 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Hickory Creek TX | 6,875 | $149K | 2.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Garden Ridge TX | 4,371 | $177K | 0.4% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| 39 | Oak Point TX | 6,909 | $126K | 1.5% | 1.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 40 | McLendon-Chisholm TX | 5,629 | $205K | 0.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 41 | Aubry Township KS | 4,719 | $134K | 0.7% | 1.2% | 4% | A+ |
| 42 | Harding Township NJ | 3,949 | $222K | 3.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,561 | 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 McLendon-Chisholm, 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 McLendon-Chisholm: questions
What is the median household income in McLendon-Chisholm?
$204,773 (±$33,201) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in McLendon-Chisholm?
0.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from McLendon-Chisholm?
39 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in McLendon-Chisholm work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (26%, 22 mi), Rockwall (12%, 6 mi), Garland (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is McLendon-Chisholm walkable?
McLendon-Chisholm is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around McLendon-Chisholm without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from McLendon-Chisholm, from the people who make the trip.
More of McLendon-Chisholm
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.