Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Rosser has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Employers in Rosser report 125 jobs for 235 working residents. Hardly any work in Rosser; the top destination outside it is Dallas (30%, 30 miles). For 3% of workers, the job is at home (Texas 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Rosser
Rosser workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 46 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 353 hours of commuting, 146 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
30% of Rosser works in Dallas
71 working residents, 30%, have their main job in Dallas, 30 miles away. That’s far more as work in Rosser itself. The commute map ↓
Few Rosser 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 235 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Getting to work from Rosser takes about 46 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rosser workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 183 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 people from Rosser work
Where Rosser 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.
Who works in Rosser, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 235 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 125 people come in from elsewhere.
About 300 people are in Rosser on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 2023, primary jobs.
94% of the jobs in Rosser pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rosser, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 125. 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 Rosser’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Rosser goes to work
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 Rosser: questions
What is the median household income in Rosser?
$127,188 (±$74,062) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rosser?
0.6%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rosser?
46 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rosser work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (30%, 30 mi), Mesquite (9%, 22 mi), Plano (4%, 44 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Rosser without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rosser, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rosser
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.