Savoy has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Employers in Savoy report 87 jobs, and 320 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Savoy for work; outside it, Sherman is the main destination (16%, 15 miles). 8% of workers work from home, next to 14% for Texas as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Savoy in brief
Savoy is a place people come home to
There are 87 jobs based in Savoy, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Savoy has about 600 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% 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 ↓
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 320 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in Savoy: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 317 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere.
About 600 people are in Savoy on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Savoy
About 31% 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.
Where people from Savoy work
Where Savoy clocks in
16% of workers
13% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Savoy
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Savoy, 2013 → 2023: 132 → 87. 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 Savoy’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Savoy: 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 Savoy workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 439 commuters (the 8% 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.
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 Savoy: questions
What is the median household income in Savoy?
$60,875 (±$13,752) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Savoy?
24.6%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Savoy?
26 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Savoy work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sherman (16%, 15 mi), Bonham (13%, 10 mi), Dallas (8%, 60 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Savoy 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 Savoy, from the people who make the trip.
More of Savoy
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.