Photo: WhisperToMe · Public domainWork means Houston for more than half of Meadows Place’s working residents
Only 1% stay in Meadows Place for work; outside it, Houston is the main destination (51%, 15 miles). Meadows Place grades B for jobs and income and B− for walkability. The trip to work takes 22 minutes on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Meadows Place at work: what stands out
Stores, warehouses and trucking
49% of the jobs in Meadows Place are in trade, transport and utilities, against 22% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Meadows Place are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. 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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Meadows Place
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Meadows Place is better than 65% of U.S. towns, #225 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds Meadows Place’s grade up (ahead of 98% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Meadows Place could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Jobs in Meadows Place: what the 1,354 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Meadows Place, 2013 → 2023: 1,416 → 1,354. 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 Meadows Place’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Meadows Place spends getting to work: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Meadows Place workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,173 commuters (the 12% 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 Meadows Place, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 2,108 residents head out to work, 28 work right here, and 1,326 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,800 people are in Meadows Place on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.63 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.
The places Meadows Place commutes to
Where Meadows Place clocks in
51% 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 distance from Meadows Place to work
About 15% 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.
Few in Meadows Place walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Meadows Place is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns, #321 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.5% of 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 2,479 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). 4.9% of Meadows Place households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Meadows Place’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Meadows Place ranks: 1,421st of 3,862 U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,100
| # | 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 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 7 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,419 | Moyock NC | 5,684 | $115K | 6.8% | 2.8% | 6% | B |
| 1,420 | Crescent Springs KY | 4,708 | $83K | 5.4% | 7.6% | 2% | B |
| 1,421 | Meadows Place TX | 4,546 | $90K | 9.5% | 6.7% | 1% | B |
| 1,422 | Omro WI | 3,639 | $62K | 8.1% | 2.0% | 6% | B |
| 1,423 | Walnut Creek Township OH | 4,050 | $101K | 1.6% | 8.2% | 17% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,862 | 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 Meadows Place, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Bordering towns draw 55% of Meadows Place’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Meadows Place workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meadows Place | – | B | B− | 22 min | $90,057 |
| Stafford | 4% | B+ | A | 26 min | $87,432 |
| Houston | 51% | C+ | A | 27 min | $64,813 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Houston. Darker towns draw more of Meadows Place’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 Meadows Place: questions
What is the median household income in Meadows Place?
$90,057 (±$17,326) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Meadows Place?
9.5%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Meadows Place?
22 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Meadows Place work?
1% work in town.
Is Meadows Place walkable?
Meadows Place is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.7 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Meadows Place without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Meadows Place, from the people who make the trip.
More of Meadows Place
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.