Making a living in Powell
Only 5% work in Powell itself; outside it, Corsicana draws the most (24%, 9 miles). 3% of workers have no commute at all (Texas 14%). A typical one-way commute lasts 31 minutes, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Powell
On a workday 39 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Powell on a workday afternoon, 15% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.44 per resident).
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 Powell’s working residents head each day
Where Powell clocks in
Lines 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.
The 59 jobs based in Powell
59 jobs are based in Powell.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Powell, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 59. 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 Powell’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 31 minutes each way, longer than most of Texas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Powell workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 34 commuters (the 3% 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.
Where in the region Powell works
About 46% 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 Powell: questions
What is the median household income in Powell?
$26,667 (±$2,941) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Powell?
0.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Powell?
31 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Powell work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Corsicana (24%, 9 mi), Dallas (5%, 54 mi), Waco (5%, 64 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Powell without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Powell, from the people who make the trip.
More of Powell
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.