With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Plum Grove works elsewhere
Employers in Plum Grove report 16 jobs; 580 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Plum Grove is better than 32% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is near the bottom of U.S. towns (D−). 7% of workers have no commute at all, next to 14% for Texas as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Plum Grove stands out on work
Plum Grove workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 56 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 429 hours of commuting, 222 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Plum Grove is a place people come home to
There are 16 jobs based in Plum Grove, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Plum Grove has about 1,100 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
38% of Plum Grove works in Houston
220 working residents, 38%, have their main job in Houston, 34 miles away. That’s far more as work in Plum Grove itself. The commute map ↓
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 580 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Plum Grove
Job access by car holds Plum Grove’s grade up (ahead of 54% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (16.9%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (2.7%) is left out: Plum Grove’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, Plum Grove could be anywhere from D to A−.
About 56 minutes each way, longer than most of Texas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 18 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Plum Grove workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 586 commuters (the 7% 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.
How a workday changes Plum Grove
On a workday 580 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Plum Grove on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
38% of working residents work in Houston
Where Plum Grove clocks in
38% of workers
6% of workers
2% 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.
Goods jobs make up 56% of work in Plum Grove
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Plum Grove, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 16. 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 Plum Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Plum Grove’s workers travel
About 21% 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 Plum Grove start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Plum Grove is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Plum Grove 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 628 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). 0.0% of Plum Grove households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Plum Grove’s commuters take a bus or train.
Plum Grove is 3,294th of 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 26 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,292 | Las Maravillas NM | 1,594 | $63K | 9.7% | 3.4% | <1% | C |
| 3,293 | Ponderosa Pine NM | 1,442 | $87K | 11.4% | 4.9% | <1% | C |
| 3,294 | Plum Grove TX | 1,677 | $66K | 16.9% | 2.7% | 0% | C |
| 3,295 | Esperance NY | 1,805 | $76K | 8.8% | 6.5% | 2% | C |
| 3,296 | Newport NY | 2,091 | $80K | 15.0% | 8.2% | 8% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Plum Grove, 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 Plum Grove: questions
What is the median household income in Plum Grove?
$66,341 (±$19,191) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Plum Grove?
16.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Plum Grove?
56 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Plum Grove work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (38%, 34 mi), Cleveland (6%, 10 mi), Conroe (2%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Plum Grove walkable?
Plum Grove is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Plum Grove without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Plum Grove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Plum Grove
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.