Photo: Lothar1976 · CC BY-SA 3.0Muenster has higher household incomes than 66% of U.S. towns
10.2% of residents live below the poverty line, where Texas as a whole has 13.8%. For jobs and income Muenster is better than 48% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns (B+). About one in five work in Muenster; the top destination outside it is Gainesville (15%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Muenster: the figures worth knowing
A big share show a job far from home
31% 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 ↓
Muenster makes and builds things
36% of the jobs based in Muenster are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Muenster residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 28%. The jobs ↓
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; with 762 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Muenster
Household income holds Muenster’s grade up ($88,333, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 31% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.4%) is left out: Muenster’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Muenster could be anywhere from C to B+.
Where in the region Muenster works
About 31% 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.
Goods jobs make up 36% of work in Muenster
1,063 jobs are based in Muenster.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Muenster, 2013 → 2023: 1,008 → 1,063. 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 Muenster’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Muenster
On a workday 607 residents head out to work, 155 work right here, and 908 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Muenster on a workday afternoon, 17% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.40 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.
The places Muenster commutes to
Where Muenster clocks in
15% 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.
Time on the road from Muenster: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Muenster workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 734 commuters (the 7% 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.
Few in Muenster walk, bike or ride to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.9% 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 791 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). 1.1% of Muenster households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Muenster’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,442nd of 6,085: where Muenster ranks among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 27 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,440 | Benson UT | 1,776 | $93K | 7.9% | 7.9% | 1% | B− |
| 2,441 | Monroeville OH | 1,283 | $65K | 7.2% | 5.0% | 10% | B− |
| 2,442 | Muenster TX | 1,742 | $88K | 10.2% | 0.4% | 20% | B− |
| 2,443 | Dollar Point CA | 1,477 | $77K | 3.5% | 8.8% | 8% | B− |
| 2,444 | Ama LA | 1,483 | $73K | 17.7% | 2.3% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Muenster, 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 Muenster: questions
What is the median household income in Muenster?
$88,333 (±$18,313) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Muenster?
10.2%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Muenster?
23 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Muenster work?
20% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gainesville (15%, 13 mi), Denton (7%, 33 mi), Dallas (5%, 69 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Muenster walkable?
Muenster is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Muenster without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Muenster, from the people who make the trip.
More of Muenster
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.