Munday has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working from home is the commute for 2% of workers, where Texas as a whole has 14%. 241 jobs are based in Munday, against 494 working residents. Munday grades D− for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Munday
A big share show a job far from home
56% 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 ↓
Commutes from Munday are quick
The average trip to work takes 12 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 115 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Munday workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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; with 494 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Munday’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Munday is better than 5% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Munday’s grade up ($56,406, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down.
Unemployment (1.8%) is left out: Munday’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, Munday could be anywhere from D− to D.
Munday’s commute, mile by mile
About 56% 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 trip to work from Munday: about 12 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Munday workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 624 commuters (the 2% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Munday
On a workday 410 residents head out to work, 84 work right here, and 157 people come in from elsewhere.
About 940 people are in Munday on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
7% of working residents work in Wichita Falls
Where Munday clocks in
7% of workers
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.
Jobs in Munday: what the 241 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Munday, 2013 → 2023: 264 → 241. 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 Munday’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Munday is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Munday is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.3% 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 635 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). 9.8% of Munday households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Munday’s commuters take a bus or train.
Munday next to U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Serenada TX | 1,444 | $155K | 1.5% | 2.6% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,916 | Roulette Township PA | 1,055 | $51K | 16.8% | 5.7% | 12% | D− |
| 3,917 | Winchester IL | 1,502 | $48K | 21.2% | 5.1% | 17% | D− |
| 3,918 | Munday TX | 1,190 | $56K | 19.6% | 1.8% | 17% | D− |
| 3,919 | Harpersfield NY | 1,419 | $52K | 18.5% | 5.1% | 15% | D− |
| 3,920 | Butterfield Park NM | 1,119 | $34K | 33.4% | 20.2% | <1% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Munday, 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 Munday: questions
What is the median household income in Munday?
$56,406 (±$5,630) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Munday?
19.6%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Munday?
12 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Munday work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wichita Falls (7%, 71 mi), Knox City (7%, 11 mi), Haskell (6%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Munday walkable?
Munday is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 9.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Munday without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Munday, from the people who make the trip.
More of Munday
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.