Photo: Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0Earning a living in Mobile City
Working from home is the commute for 1% of workers (Texas 14%). Hardly any work in Mobile City itself; outside it, Dallas draws the most (22%, 22 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 51 minutes, where Texas has 27 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Mobile City on a workday
On a workday 67 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Mobile City on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.58 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.
Out of Mobile City to work: where people go
Where Mobile City 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.
Inside Mobile City’s 39 jobs
39 jobs are based in Mobile City.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mobile City, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 39. 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 Mobile City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Mobile City: about 51 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 16.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mobile City workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 90 commuters (the 1% 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.
The distance from Mobile City to work
About 21% 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.
Around Mobile City: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mobile City workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mobile City | – | — | — | 51 min | — |
| Fate | under 2% | A | C− | 35 min | $132,752 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mobile City’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 Mobile City: questions
What is the poverty rate in Mobile City?
51.4%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mobile City?
51 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mobile City work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (22%, 22 mi), Fort Worth (7%, 55 mi), Garland (6%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mobile City 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 Mobile City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mobile City
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.