Rocky Mound has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Rocky Mound has 9 jobs; 28 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Rocky Mound; the top destination outside it is Mount Pleasant (21%, 10 miles). 7% of workers have no commute at all, next to 14% for Texas as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Rocky Mound on a workday
On a workday 28 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 40 people are in Rocky Mound on a workday afternoon, 32% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Rocky Mound to work: where people go
Where Rocky Mound clocks in
21% of workers
11% of workers
4% 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.
What Rocky Mound’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rocky Mound’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes each way for Rocky Mound’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rocky Mound workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 28 commuters (the 7% 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.
Miles to work from Rocky Mound
About 54% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Rocky Mound: questions
What is the median household income in Rocky Mound?
$41,250 (±$22,135) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rocky Mound?
0.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rocky Mound?
22 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rocky Mound work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Pleasant (21%, 10 mi), Pittsburg (11%, 3 mi), Monroeville (4%, 461 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Rocky Mound without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rocky Mound, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rocky Mound
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.