Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Unemployment in Mineola (10.7%) is higher than in 95% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Mineola is better than 15% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (C+). Household incomes here are lower than in 84% of U.S. towns. About one in five stay in Mineola for work; outside it, Tyler is the main destination (12%, 25 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Mineola
Mineola’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Mineola is Tyler, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (226) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Mineola
Job access by car holds Mineola’s grade up (ahead of 41% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mineola could be anywhere from D to B.
Short hops and long hauls from Mineola
About 32% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Mineola
On a workday 1,479 residents head out to work, 351 work right here, and 2,068 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,100 people are in Mineola on a workday afternoon, 11% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.32 per resident).
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 Mineola’s working residents head each day
Where Mineola clocks in
12% 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.
Jobs in Mineola: what the 2,419 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mineola, 2013 → 2023: 1,950 → 2,419. 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 Mineola’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Mineola: about 28 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mineola workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,553 commuters (the 18% 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.
Most of Mineola commutes by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.0% 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 1,893 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). 17.5% of Mineola households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mineola’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mineola is 3,065th of 3,502 U.S. towns of 3,900 to 7,500 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,063 | Batesville MS | 7,325 | $52K | 22.0% | 4.8% | 34% | C− |
| 3,064 | Penns Grove NJ | 4,934 | $46K | 44.1% | 13.0% | 4% | C− |
| 3,065 | Mineola TX | 5,537 | $53K | 12.2% | 10.7% | 19% | C− |
| 3,066 | Unadilla NY | 4,098 | $56K | 11.3% | 5.9% | 5% | C− |
| 3,067 | Richland NY | 5,787 | $68K | 18.0% | 7.6% | 21% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,502 | 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 Mineola, 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 Mineola: questions
What is the median household income in Mineola?
$53,000 (±$10,443) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mineola?
12.2%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mineola?
28 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mineola work?
19% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tyler (12%, 25 mi), Dallas (3%, 75 mi), Quitman (3%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mineola walkable?
Mineola is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mineola without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mineola, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mineola
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.