Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0Household incomes in New Waverly are lower than in 90% of U.S. towns
At home: 4% of workers have no commute at all (Texas 14%). Below the poverty line: 22.2% of residents, against 13.8% across Texas. The two grades for New Waverly are C− for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in New Waverly, in brief
New Waverly is where the jobs are
New Waverly has 692 jobs, 2.4 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
New Waverly and Huntsville trade workers both ways
Huntsville is the top workplace for New Waverly residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in New Waverly come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
35% 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; with 286 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How New Waverly earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, New Waverly is better than 18% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds New Waverly’s grade up (ahead of 59% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($48,137, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (10.2%) is left out: New Waverly’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, New Waverly could be anywhere from D to B−.
Who leaves New Waverly for work, and who comes in
On a workday 263 residents head out to work, 23 work right here, and 669 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in New Waverly on a workday afternoon, 39% more than live here.
2.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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 the people who work in New Waverly live
Where New Waverly clocks in
19% of workers
13% of workers
8% 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.
How many miles New Waverly commutes
About 35% 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.
New Waverly works in goods: 29% of its jobs
692 jobs are based in New Waverly.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Waverly, 2013 → 2023: 459 → 692. 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 New Waverly’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from New Waverly: 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 New Waverly workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 287 commuters (the 4% 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 trips from New Waverly start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, New Waverly is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place New Waverly 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 300 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). 1.3% of New Waverly households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of New Waverly’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,193rd of 3,133: where New Waverly ranks among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Weston TX | 1,140 | $144K | 2.8% | 0.7% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Randolph AFB TX | 1,240 | $113K | 2.8% | 3.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,191 | Tuscarora NY | 1,370 | $77K | 18.5% | 3.1% | 3% | C− |
| 2,192 | Seeley CA | 1,182 | $63K | 19.5% | 17.9% | 1% | C− |
| 2,193 | New Waverly TX | 1,031 | $48K | 22.2% | 10.2% | 8% | C− |
| 2,194 | Fairview UT | 1,328 | $66K | 11.1% | 2.9% | 7% | C− |
| 2,195 | Maple River Township MI | 1,279 | $72K | 15.8% | 3.0% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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 New Waverly, 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 New Waverly: questions
What is the median household income in New Waverly?
$48,137 (±$15,373) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Waverly?
22.2%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Waverly?
28 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Waverly work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Huntsville (19%, 12 mi), Houston (13%, 52 mi), Conroe (8%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is New Waverly walkable?
New Waverly is more walkable than 17% 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 New Waverly without a car?
0% 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 New Waverly, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Waverly
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.