Most of Pottsboro commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
For jobs and income Pottsboro is better than 33% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (D). Employers in Pottsboro report 537 jobs, and 1,129 of its residents work somewhere. Only 5% work in Pottsboro; the top destination outside it is Sherman (16%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Pottsboro: the gist
Fewer jobs are based in Pottsboro than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Pottsboro fell from 2,482 in 2013 to 537 in 2023, −78%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
36% 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’s behind Pottsboro’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Pottsboro’s grade up (10.4%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (6.2%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pottsboro could be anywhere from D to A−.
Jobs in Pottsboro: what the 537 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pottsboro, 2013 → 2023: 2,482 → 537. 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 Pottsboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Pottsboro
About 36% 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.
Pottsboro on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,074 residents head out to work, 55 work right here, and 482 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Pottsboro on a workday afternoon, 21% 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 towns that employ Pottsboro’s residents
Where Pottsboro clocks in
16% of workers
16% 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.
About 28 minutes each way, about the TX average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pottsboro workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,066 commuters (the 14% 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.
Most of Pottsboro commutes by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,242 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). 1.6% of Pottsboro households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pottsboro’s commuters take a bus or train.
Pottsboro places 3,228th of 4,969 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Southside Place TX | 1,916 | $163K | 5.0% | 5.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,226 | Iowa LA | 3,301 | $60K | 15.8% | 4.4% | 6% | C |
| 3,227 | Greenport NY | 2,590 | $81K | 9.3% | 7.3% | 17% | C |
| 3,228 | Pottsboro TX | 2,767 | $69K | 10.4% | 6.2% | 5% | C |
| 3,229 | Teague TX | 3,595 | $61K | 13.3% | 2.6% | 5% | C |
| 3,230 | Wise VA | 2,853 | $54K | 12.5% | 3.1% | 25% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,969 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Pottsboro, 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 Pottsboro: questions
What is the median household income in Pottsboro?
$69,439 (±$15,041) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pottsboro?
10.4%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pottsboro?
28 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pottsboro work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sherman (16%, 10 mi), Denison (16%, 5 mi), Dallas (7%, 68 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pottsboro walkable?
Pottsboro is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pottsboro 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 Pottsboro, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pottsboro
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.