With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Plum works elsewhere
Hardly any stay in Plum for work; outside it, La Grange is the main destination (14%, 6 miles). Employers in Plum report 6 jobs, and 168 of its residents work somewhere. 0% of workers have no commute at all, where Texas as a whole has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Plum, and who commutes in
On a workday 168 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Plum on a workday afternoon, 100% 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.
The places Plum commutes to
Where Plum clocks in
14% of workers
13% 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.
Making and building: 100% of jobs based in Plum
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Plum, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 6. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Plum
of Plum workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 45 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.
How far Plum’s workers travel
About 47% 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.
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: questions
What is the median household income in Plum?
$51,991 (±$37,595) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Plum?
0.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Plum work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are La Grange (14%, 6 mi), Austin (13%, 53 mi), Houston (4%, 96 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Plum 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, from the people who make the trip.
More of Plum
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.