Work, pay and getting to work in Point
There are 111 jobs in Point, against 183 working residents. Only 3% work in Point itself; outside it, Greenville draws the most (10%, 19 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 23 minutes (Texas 27, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Point, and who commutes in
On a workday 178 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 106 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.
0.61 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Point’s working residents head each day
Where Point clocks in
10% 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.
In Point, 41% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Point, 2013 → 2023: 91 → 111. 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 Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Point, about 23 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Point workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 372 commuters (the 12% 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.
Miles to work from Point
About 38% 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 Point: questions
What is the median household income in Point?
$68,508 (±$14,161) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Point?
19.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Point?
23 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Point work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenville (10%, 19 mi), Dallas (7%, 53 mi), Emory (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Point without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of Point
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.