Newark has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Jobs and income earn Newark B−; getting around on foot earns it C+. There are 130 jobs in Newark; 545 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Newark itself; outside it, Fort Worth draws the most (30%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Newark apart
Newark and Fort Worth trade workers both ways
Fort Worth is the top workplace for Newark residents (30%) and also where the most people who work in Newark come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Newark is a place people come home to
There are 130 jobs based in Newark, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Newark has about 890 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Newark workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 545 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Newark earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Newark is better than 53% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Newark’s grade up (ahead of 86% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (19.5%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (4.8%) is left out: Newark’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, Newark could be anywhere from C− to A.
Where people from Newark work
Where Newark clocks in
30% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
Who works in Newark, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 544 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 129 people come in from elsewhere.
About 890 people are in Newark on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Commuting from Newark: about 33 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Newark workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 465 commuters (the 12% 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.
Newark works in goods: 37% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Newark, 2013 → 2023: 56 → 130. 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 Newark’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Newark commutes less than 23 miles
About 16% 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.
Most trips from Newark start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Newark is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.0% across Texas, on an EPA index of 4.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 530 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). 0.6% of Newark households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Newark’s commuters take a bus or train.
Newark next to U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800: 1,711th of 5,400 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 30 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,709 | Grant AL | 1,078 | $91K | 8.6% | 2.2% | 4% | B− |
| 1,710 | Roxana IL | 1,395 | $65K | 12.4% | 4.4% | 6% | B− |
| 1,711 | Newark TX | 1,307 | $77K | 19.5% | 4.8% | <1% | B− |
| 1,712 | Monroe Township IN | 1,548 | $82K | 7.1% | 1.2% | 4% | B− |
| 1,713 | Hebron ME | 1,289 | $93K | 8.9% | 3.3% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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 Newark, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Newark and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Newark workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newark | – | B− | C+ | 33 min | $77,344 |
| Pecan Acres | under 2% | B | C− | 39 min | $114,141 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Newark’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 Newark: questions
What is the median household income in Newark?
$77,344 (±$39,637) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Newark?
19.5%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Newark?
33 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Newark work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Worth (30%, 18 mi), Arlington (5%, 30 mi), Irving (4%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Newark walkable?
Newark is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Newark 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 Newark, from the people who make the trip.
More of Newark
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.