Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Midlothian have higher incomes than those in 91% of U.S. towns
About one in seven work in Midlothian itself; outside it, Dallas draws the most (20%, 26 miles). 5.2% of residents are in poverty, against 13.8% across Texas. Jobs and income earn Midlothian A; getting around on foot earns it C−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Midlothian and work: the main findings
Midlothian has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Midlothian went from 7,113 in 2013 to 13,283 in 2023, +87%. The jobs ↓
Midlothian’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Midlothian is Dallas, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 20% of working residents (3,679) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Midlothian 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Income, poverty and work: Midlothian’s grade explained
Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 92% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Midlothian could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Jobs in Midlothian: what the 13,283 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Midlothian, 2013 → 2023: 7,113 → 13,283. 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 Midlothian’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Midlothian
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.
About 32 minutes to work from Midlothian
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Midlothian workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 16,370 commuters (the 16% 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.
Midlothian quiets down on a workday
On a workday 16,128 residents head out to work, 2,270 work right here, and 11,013 people come in from elsewhere.
About 42,000 people are in Midlothian on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.72 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.
Where Midlothian goes to work
Where Midlothian clocks in
7% of workers
6% 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.
Midlothian is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Midlothian is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns, #515 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Midlothian 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 19,410 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). 2.0% of Midlothian households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Midlothian’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Midlothian is 127th among 923 U.S. towns of 33,000 to 63,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Keller TX | 46,078 | $175K | 3.4% | 2.7% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Coppell TX | 41,386 | $146K | 5.4% | 2.6% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Princeton TX | 43,524 | $105K | 4.1% | 2.5% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 125 | Pleasant Grove UT | 37,773 | $101K | 4.6% | 2.6% | 10% | A |
| 126 | Frankfort Township IL | 60,704 | $135K | 4.0% | 4.6% | 15% | A |
| 127 | Midlothian TX | 46,683 | $127K | 5.2% | 3.9% | 12% | A |
| 128 | Mifflin Township OH | 38,526 | $104K | 6.8% | 2.7% | 7% | A |
| 129 | Brownsburg IN | 34,089 | $102K | 7.5% | 1.6% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 923 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Midlothian, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Next door to Midlothian
The biggest share goes to Waxahachie (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Midlothian workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midlothian | – | A | C− | 32 min | $126,641 |
| Waxahachie | 4% | A− | B− | 26 min | $85,723 |
| Grand Prairie | 3% | B | C+ | 28 min | $81,619 |
| Cedar Hill | 2% | B | B− | 31 min | $101,909 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Midlothian’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 Midlothian: questions
What is the median household income in Midlothian?
$126,641 (±$8,841) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Midlothian?
5.2%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Midlothian?
32 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Midlothian work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (20%, 26 mi), Arlington (7%, 18 mi), Fort Worth (6%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Midlothian walkable?
Midlothian is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Midlothian without a car?
<1% 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 Midlothian, from the people who make the trip.
More of Midlothian
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.