Most of Saint Jo commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Working from home is the commute for 2% of workers, against 14% across Texas. Saint Jo has 92 jobs, and 425 of its residents work somewhere. Only 3% work in Saint Jo itself; outside it, Gainesville draws the most (13%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Saint Jo apart
A big share show a job far from home
50% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Saint Jo is a place people come home to
There are 92 jobs based in Saint Jo, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Saint Jo has about 620 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Saint Jo workers work from home
Only 2% 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 425 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Short hops and long hauls from Saint Jo
About 50% 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.
How a workday changes Saint Jo
On a workday 413 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere.
About 620 people are in Saint Jo on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
Saint Jo’s commute takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Saint Jo workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 401 commuters (the 2% 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 Saint Jo’s working residents head each day
Where Saint Jo clocks in
13% of workers
6% 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.
Making and building: 58% of jobs based in Saint Jo
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Saint Jo, 2013 → 2023: 107 → 92. 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 Saint Jo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Saint Jo: questions
What is the median household income in Saint Jo?
$68,182 (±$38,140) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Saint Jo?
14.6%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Saint Jo?
26 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Saint Jo work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gainesville (13%, 22 mi), Nocona (6%, 13 mi), Fort Worth (5%, 64 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Saint Jo without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Saint Jo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Saint Jo
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.