Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Niederwald works elsewhere
81 jobs are based in Niederwald; 344 of its residents have a job. Niederwald grades B− for jobs and income and D for walkability. 6% of workers have no commute at all (Texas 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Niederwald apart on work
42% of Niederwald works in Austin
146 working residents, 42%, have their main job in Austin, 21 miles away. That’s 42 times as many as work in Niederwald itself. The commute map ↓
Niederwald workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 41 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 314 hours of commuting, 107 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Niederwald is a place people come home to
There are 81 jobs based in Niederwald, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
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 344 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Niederwald’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Niederwald is better than 47% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Niederwald’s grade up (ahead of 82% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (26.9%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (3.0%) is left out: Niederwald’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, Niederwald could be anywhere from C− to A.
42% of working residents work in Austin
Where Niederwald clocks in
42% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
Getting to work from Niederwald takes about 41 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Niederwald workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 449 commuters (the 6% 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.
Who commutes out of Niederwald, and who commutes in
On a workday 341 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 78 people come in from elsewhere.
About 910 people are in Niederwald on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
A place that makes things: 57% of Niederwald’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Niederwald, 2013 → 2023: 58 → 81. 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 Niederwald’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Niederwald’s commute, mile by mile
About 22% 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 Niederwald start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Niederwald is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.0% across Texas, on an EPA index of 4.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 478 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). 5.2% of Niederwald households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Niederwald’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Niederwald ranks: 1,596th of 4,312 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,594 | East Mead Township PA | 1,281 | $86K | 9.8% | 2.1% | 4% | B− |
| 1,595 | Parklawn CA | 1,478 | $61K | 12.7% | 6.5% | 0% | B− |
| 1,596 | Niederwald TX | 1,168 | $78K | 26.9% | 3.0% | 1% | B− |
| 1,597 | Liberty Township OH | 1,437 | $68K | 6.2% | 0.3% | 2% | B− |
| 1,598 | Dyberry Township PA | 1,432 | $88K | 7.1% | 2.6% | 5% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Niederwald, 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 Niederwald: questions
What is the median household income in Niederwald?
$78,438 (±$49,404) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Niederwald?
26.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Niederwald?
41 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Niederwald work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Austin (42%, 21 mi), San Marcos (5%, 13 mi), San Antonio (5%, 58 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Niederwald walkable?
Niederwald is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Niederwald without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Niederwald, from the people who make the trip.
More of Niederwald
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.