Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Billy Hathorn assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY-SA 3.0Rhome’s household incomes are higher than in 78% of U.S. towns
4.3% of residents live below the poverty line, against 13.8% across Texas. The two grades for Rhome are A for jobs and income and D for walkability. Hardly any work in Rhome; the top destination outside it is Fort Worth (28%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Rhome: the figures worth knowing
Rhome and Fort Worth trade workers both ways
Fort Worth is the top workplace for Rhome residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in Rhome come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Rhome makes and builds things
53% of the jobs based in Rhome are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Rhome residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 18%. The jobs ↓
Rhome workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical 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 839 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Rhome
On income, poverty and job access, Rhome is better than 92% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Rhome’s grade. It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (4.5%) is left out: Rhome’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Rhome could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Where Rhome goes to work
Where Rhome clocks in
28% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
53% of the jobs in Rhome make or build things
718 jobs are based in Rhome.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rhome, 2013 → 2023: 614 → 718. 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 Rhome’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 32 minutes from Rhome
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rhome workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 632 commuters (the 18% 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.
In and out of Rhome on a workday
On a workday 836 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 715 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.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 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.
The distance from Rhome to work
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.
The commute in Rhome is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rhome is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns. 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 772 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). 0.0% of Rhome households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rhome’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Rhome is 275th of 5,234 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,600
| # | 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 20 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| 21 | Serenada TX | 1,444 | $155K | 1.5% | 2.6% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 273 | Winchester MO | 1,400 | $88K | 4.5% | 2.3% | 1% | A |
| 274 | Skaneateles NY | 2,503 | $126K | 4.9% | 1.1% | 9% | A |
| 275 | Rhome TX | 1,961 | $101K | 4.3% | 4.5% | <1% | A |
| 276 | South Floral Park NY | 1,773 | $119K | 9.5% | 1.7% | <1% | A |
| 277 | Sullivan's Island SC | 1,961 | $193K | 8.8% | 1.5% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,234 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Rhome, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Next door to Rhome
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Rhome’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 Rhome: questions
What is the median household income in Rhome?
$101,167 (±$23,062) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rhome?
4.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rhome?
32 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rhome work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Worth (28%, 22 mi), Irving (4%, 34 mi), Grapevine (3%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rhome walkable?
Rhome is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rhome 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 Rhome, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rhome
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.