Photo: Lothar1976 · Public domainMost of Megargel commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Megargel has 3 jobs, against 76 working residents. Hardly any stay in Megargel for work; outside it, Wichita Falls is the main destination (36%, 39 miles). The average commute takes 24 minutes each way (Texas 27, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Megargel quiets down on a workday
On a workday 76 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Megargel on a workday afternoon, 41% 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 Megargel’s working residents head each day
Where Megargel clocks in
36% 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.
Megargel works in goods: 100% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Megargel’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 24 minutes from Megargel
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Megargel workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 117 commuters (the 14% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Megargel
About 37% 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 Megargel: questions
What is the median household income in Megargel?
$97,566 (±$30,232) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Megargel?
7.8%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Megargel?
24 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Megargel work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wichita Falls (36%, 39 mi), Holliday (8%, 28 mi), Olney (7%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Megargel 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 Megargel, from the people who make the trip.
More of Megargel
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.