Jobs and earnings in Road Runner, and the trip to work
Home is the office for 3% of workers, where Texas as a whole has 14%. Hardly any stay in Road Runner for work; outside it, Gainesville is the main destination (14%, 11 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 38 minutes (Texas 27, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Road Runner
Road Runner is a place people come home to
There are 0 jobs based in Road Runner, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Road Runner has about 510 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Road Runner workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Road Runner workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 349 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Road Runner on a workday afternoon
On a workday 349 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 510 people are in Road Runner on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.
0.00 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.
The daily trip from Road Runner: about 38 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Road Runner workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 338 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.
The places Road Runner commutes to
Where Road Runner clocks in
14% of workers
14% 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.
How far Road Runner’s workers travel
About 17% 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 Road Runner: questions
What is the median household income in Road Runner?
$43,224 (±$12,682) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Road Runner?
37.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Road Runner?
38 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Road Runner work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gainesville (14%, 11 mi), Denton (14%, 19 mi), Dallas (7%, 51 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Road Runner without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Road Runner, from the people who make the trip.
More of Road Runner
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.