Mathews-Powell House · Photo: 25or6to4 · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Queen City have lower incomes than those in 94% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Queen City is better than 8% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (D). 21.3% of residents live below the poverty line, against 13.8% across Texas. 2% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Queen City at work: what stands out
Queen City and Atlanta trade workers both ways
Atlanta is the top workplace for Queen City residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Queen City come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Queen City is a place people come home to
There are 149 jobs based in Queen City, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Queen City has about 990 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Queen City are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
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 548 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Queen City
Job access by car holds Queen City’s grade up (ahead of 32% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($43,457, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (6.5%) is left out: Queen City’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Queen City stays D.
23% of working residents work in Atlanta
Where Queen City clocks in
23% of workers
16% of workers
6% 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.
Queen City by day and by night
On a workday 535 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere.
About 990 people are in Queen City on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.27 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.
A commute of about 16 minutes in Queen City
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Queen City workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 604 commuters (the 2% 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.
Queen City makes things: 32% of its jobs are in goods
149 jobs are based in Queen City.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Queen City, 2013 → 2023: 143 → 149. 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 Queen City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Queen City goes to work
About 25% 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.
Few in Queen City walk, bike or ride to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 614 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). 10.0% of Queen City households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Queen City’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Queen City is 5,080th of 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 31 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,078 | Susquehanna Depot PA | 1,336 | $55K | 24.2% | 11.1% | 3% | D |
| 5,079 | Webster SD | 1,681 | $55K | 15.1% | 0.7% | 44% | D |
| 5,080 | Queen City TX | 1,393 | $43K | 21.3% | 6.5% | 2% | D |
| 5,081 | Republic Township MI | 1,008 | $50K | 12.5% | 9.5% | 5% | D |
| 5,082 | Perry Township OH | 1,505 | $60K | 18.6% | 0.0% | 2% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Queen City, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
The towns next door employ 23% of Queen City
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Queen City workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen City | – | D | D | 16 min | $43,457 |
| Atlanta | 23% | D | B− | 29 min | $60,259 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Atlanta. Darker towns draw more of Queen City’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Queen City: questions
What is the median household income in Queen City?
$43,457 (±$3,967) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Queen City?
21.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Queen City?
16 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Queen City work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Atlanta (23%, 3 mi), Texarkana (16%, 21 mi), Texarkana (6%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Queen City walkable?
Queen City is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Queen City without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Queen City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Queen City
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.