Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Royse City commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Household incomes here are higher than in 87% of U.S. towns. Royse City has 3,493 jobs; 9,674 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Royse City are A for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Royse City
Jobs in Royse City have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Royse City went from 1,634 in 2014 to 3,493 in 2024, +114%. The jobs ↓
Royse City’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Royse City is Dallas, 29 miles away as the crow flies. 20% of working residents (1,930) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Royse City workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Royse City
68% of Royse City residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 49% of the jobs based in Royse City pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Income, poverty and work: Royse City’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Royse City is better than 93% of U.S. towns, #60 of 642 in Texas. Household income is its strongest input ($116,660, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (7.3%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Royse City could be anywhere from A− to A+.
The kinds of work in Royse City
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Royse City, 2014 → 2024: 1,634 → 3,493. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Royse City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Royse City commutes less than 25 miles
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.
About 34 minutes each way, longer than most of Texas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Royse City workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9,090 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.
A workday in Royse City: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 9,294 residents head out to work, 380 work right here, and 3,113 people come in from elsewhere.
About 22,000 people are in Royse City on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
20% of working residents work in Dallas
Where Royse City clocks in
8% of workers
5% 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.
Getting around Royse City: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Royse City is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns, #532 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.2% of 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 11,027 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). 2.7% of Royse City households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Royse City’s commuters take a bus or train.
Royse City is 153rd of 1,409 U.S. towns of 20,000 to 38,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 4 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Colleyville TX | 25,727 | $218K | 2.5% | 3.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Corinth TX | 25,297 | $121K | 3.5% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 151 | Los Altos CA | 30,965 | $250K | 3.2% | 4.8% | 5% | A |
| 152 | Prairie Village KS | 23,008 | $114K | 5.7% | 3.0% | 5% | A |
| 153 | Royse City TX | 28,307 | $117K | 7.3% | 1.9% | 4% | A |
| 154 | Darien IL | 22,032 | $111K | 4.2% | 3.9% | 4% | A |
| 155 | Hamburg Township MI | 20,901 | $114K | 4.0% | 2.8% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,409 | Barstow CA | 24,804 | $53K | 23.1% | 11.9% | 16% | 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 Royse City, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
How Royse City compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Fate (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Royse City workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royse City | – | A | C− | 34 min | $116,660 |
| Fate | 2% | A | C− | 35 min | $132,752 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Royse 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 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 Royse City: questions
What is the median household income in Royse City?
$116,660 (±$7,648) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Royse City?
7.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Royse City?
34 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Royse City work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (20%, 29 mi), Rockwall (8%, 8 mi), Garland (5%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Royse City walkable?
Royse City is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Royse City without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Royse City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Royse City
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. 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.