Photo: Stedil · CC BY-SA 4.0Patton Village has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Home is the office for 6% of workers, against 14% across Texas. Employers in Patton Village report 240 jobs, against 910 working residents. Jobs and income earn Patton Village B−; getting around on foot earns it D.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Patton Village
37% of Patton Village works in Houston
340 working residents, 37%, have their main job in Houston, 31 miles away. That’s far more as work in Patton Village itself. The commute map ↓
Patton Village is a place people come home to
There are 240 jobs based in Patton Village, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Patton Village has about 1,400 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Patton Village workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 61 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 910 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Patton Village’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Patton Village is better than 49% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Patton Village’s grade up (ahead of 82% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (21.5%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (7.4%) is left out: Patton Village’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, Patton Village could be anywhere from C to A−.
37% of working residents work in Houston
Where Patton Village clocks in
37% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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 people are in Patton Village by day
On a workday 908 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 238 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Patton Village 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 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting from Patton Village: about 35 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Patton Village workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 683 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.
The kinds of work in Patton Village
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Patton Village, 2014 → 2024: 147 → 240. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Patton Village’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Patton Village
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Few in Patton Village walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Patton Village is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Patton Village 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 725 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). 2.3% of Patton Village households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Patton Village’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Patton Village is 2,421st of 5,793 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,800
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 4% | A+ |
| 22 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | 0% | A+ |
| 23 | Serenada TX | 1,444 | $155K | 1.5% | 2.6% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,419 | Farmer City IL | 1,797 | $67K | 8.2% | 9.2% | 15% | B− |
| 2,420 | Sterling KS | 2,303 | $55K | 5.7% | 2.4% | 31% | B− |
| 2,421 | Patton Village TX | 2,069 | $78K | 21.5% | 7.4% | <1% | B− |
| 2,422 | Warsaw VA | 1,692 | $85K | 6.5% | 1.4% | 11% | B− |
| 2,423 | Dedham ME | 1,673 | $111K | 9.0% | 3.5% | 5% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,793 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Patton Village, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
The towns around Patton Village
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Patton Village workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patton Village | – | B− | D | 35 min | $77,669 |
| Woodbranch | under 1% | B− | C− | 38 min | $85,500 |
| Roman Forest | under 1% | A | C− | 38 min | $138,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Patton Village’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 2024, 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 Patton Village: questions
What is the median household income in Patton Village?
$77,669 (±$20,848) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Patton Village?
21.5%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Patton Village?
35 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Patton Village work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (37%, 31 mi), Conroe (4%, 21 mi), Splendora (3%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Patton Village walkable?
Patton Village is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Patton Village without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Patton Village, from the people who make the trip.
More of Patton Village
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.