Households in Seis Lagos earn more than in almost any other U.S. town
1.2% of residents are in poverty, next to 13.8% for Texas as a whole. Measured by household income, Seis Lagos is among the highest-earning towns in the country. For jobs and income Seis Lagos is among the top U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (C).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Seis Lagos
Seis Lagos is a place people come home to
There are 120 jobs based in Seis Lagos, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Seis Lagos has about 650 people in it, 54% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Seis Lagos’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Seis Lagos is Dallas, 22 miles away as the crow flies. 21% of working residents (178) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Seis Lagos workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 84 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 865 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Seis Lagos
On income, poverty and job access, Seis Lagos is among the top U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Seis Lagos’ grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (4.1%) is left out: Seis Lagos’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Seis Lagos stays A+.
Who works in Seis Lagos, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 859 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 114 people come in from elsewhere.
About 650 people are in Seis Lagos on a workday afternoon, 54% fewer than live here.
0.14 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Miles to work from Seis Lagos
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.
About 38 minutes to work from Seis Lagos
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Seis Lagos workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 531 commuters (the 17% 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.
21% of working residents work in Dallas
Where Seis Lagos clocks in
9% 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.
The kinds of work in Seis Lagos
120 jobs are based in Seis Lagos.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Seis Lagos, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 120. 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 Seis Lagos’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting around Seis Lagos: mostly by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 639 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Seis Lagos households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Seis Lagos’ commuters take a bus or train.
How Seis Lagos ranks: 14th of 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| 13 | Castle Hill CA | 1,026 | $250K | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| 14 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 15 | Great Falls Crossing VA | 1,414 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 16 | Plandome Heights NY | 1,019 | $250K | 3.8% | 6.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 31 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Serenada TX | 1,444 | $155K | 1.5% | 2.6% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Seis Lagos, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
The towns around Seis Lagos
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Seis Lagos workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seis Lagos | – | A+ | C | 38 min | $248,854 |
| Lucas | under 3% | A+ | C | 30 min | $221,364 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Seis Lagos’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 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 Seis Lagos: questions
What is the median household income in Seis Lagos?
$248,854 (±$43,359) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Seis Lagos?
1.2%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Seis Lagos?
38 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Seis Lagos work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (21%, 22 mi), Plano (16%, 10 mi), Richardson (9%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Seis Lagos walkable?
Seis Lagos is more walkable than 29% 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 Seis Lagos without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Seis Lagos, from the people who make the trip.
More of Seis Lagos
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. 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.