Households in Serenada earn more than those in 96% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Serenada is among the top U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (D). Poverty touches 1.5% of residents, where Texas as a whole has 13.8%. 26% of workers have no commute at all (Texas 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Serenada apart on work
Serenada’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Serenada is Austin, 29 miles away as the crow flies. 27% of working residents (228) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Serenada is a place people come home to
There are 199 jobs based in Serenada, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Serenada has about 790 people in it, 45% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Serenada works from home
26% of Serenada workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. 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 855 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Serenada: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Serenada is among the top U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Serenada’s grade. It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.6%) is left out: Serenada’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, Serenada stays A+.
The commute from Serenada, by distance
About 28% 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.
Serenada quiets down on a workday
On a workday 851 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 195 people come in from elsewhere.
About 790 people are in Serenada on a workday afternoon, 45% fewer than live here.
0.23 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.
Serenada’s commute takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Serenada workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 554 commuters (the 26% 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.
27% of working residents work in Austin
Where Serenada clocks in
27% of workers
18% of workers
7% 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.
Goods jobs make up 71% of work in Serenada
199 jobs are based in Serenada.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Serenada, 2013 → 2023: 235 → 199. 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 Serenada’s own residents hold wherever they work.
For most of Serenada, work means a drive
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 744 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). 1.5% of Serenada households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Serenada’s commuters take a bus or train.
36th of 5,877: where Serenada ranks among 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| 35 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| 36 | Serenada TX | 1,444 | $155K | 1.5% | 2.6% | <1% | A+ |
| 37 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0% | A+ |
| 38 | Tonka Bay MN | 1,561 | $156K | 3.5% | 9.7% | 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 Serenada, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
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 Serenada: questions
What is the median household income in Serenada?
$154,653 (±$17,223) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Serenada?
1.5%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Serenada?
31 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Serenada work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Austin (27%, 29 mi), Georgetown (18%, 3 mi), Round Rock (7%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Serenada walkable?
Serenada is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Serenada without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Serenada, from the people who make the trip.
More of Serenada
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.