Most of Scurry commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Scurry report 27 jobs; 397 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Scurry for work; outside it, Dallas is the main destination (30%, 30 miles). The trip to work takes 41 minutes on average; Texas averages 27, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Scurry: the gist
Scurry is a place people come home to
There are 27 jobs based in Scurry, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Scurry has about 540 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Scurry than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Scurry fell from 301 in 2013 to 27 in 2023, −91%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Scurry workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 41 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 314 hours of commuting, 107 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 397 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily flow of workers through Scurry
On a workday 397 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere.
About 540 people are in Scurry on a workday afternoon, 41% 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.
Jobs in Scurry: what the 27 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Scurry, 2013 → 2023: 301 → 27. 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 Scurry’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Scurry spends getting to work: about 41 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Scurry workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 263 commuters (the 11% 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 Scurry’s working residents head each day
Where Scurry clocks in
6% 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.
Miles to work from Scurry
About 16% 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 Scurry: questions
What is the median household income in Scurry?
$84,732 (±$20,230) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Scurry?
16.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Scurry?
41 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Scurry work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (30%, 30 mi), Kaufman (6%, 6 mi), Mesquite (4%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Scurry 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 Scurry, from the people who make the trip.
More of Scurry
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.