Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0Nixon’s household incomes are lower than in 97% of U.S. towns
0% of workers work from home (Texas 14%). 18.1% of residents are in poverty, against 13.8% across Texas. For jobs and income Nixon is better than 19% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns (B+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Nixon
Nixon makes and builds things
47% of the jobs based in Nixon are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Nixon residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 38%. The jobs ↓
Few Nixon workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Nixon’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Nixon is Seguin, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (127) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% 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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Nixon
Unemployment holds Nixon’s grade up (2.6%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($37,838, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Nixon could be anywhere from D− to C+.
Goods jobs make up 47% of work in Nixon
867 jobs are based in Nixon.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nixon, 2013 → 2023: 687 → 867. 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 Nixon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Nixon: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nixon workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,048 commuters (the 0% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Nixon
About 33% 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.
How a workday changes Nixon
On a workday 802 residents head out to work, 229 work right here, and 638 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 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.
12% of working residents work in Seguin
Where Nixon clocks in
12% of workers
10% 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.
Most of Nixon commutes by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 9.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.0% across Texas, on an EPA index of 6.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,048 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). 16.8% of Nixon households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Nixon’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Nixon is 3,835th among 4,995 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Southside Place TX | 1,916 | $163K | 5.0% | 5.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Bartonville TX | 1,937 | $149K | 4.3% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,833 | Madison IL | 3,063 | $49K | 26.4% | 16.0% | 5% | C− |
| 3,834 | Pawhuska OK | 2,923 | $46K | 17.1% | 3.0% | 37% | C− |
| 3,835 | Nixon TX | 2,406 | $38K | 18.1% | 2.6% | 22% | C− |
| 3,836 | West Tawakoni TX | 2,261 | $60K | 19.9% | 5.7% | <1% | C− |
| 3,837 | Unity ME | 2,307 | $63K | 17.3% | 4.8% | 7% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Nixon, 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 Nixon: questions
What is the median household income in Nixon?
$37,838 (±$8,736) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nixon?
18.1%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nixon?
26 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nixon work?
22% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Seguin (12%, 25 mi), San Antonio (10%, 48 mi), Austin (4%, 71 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Nixon walkable?
Nixon is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Nixon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Nixon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nixon
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.