Households in Seven Points earn less than those in 96% of U.S. towns
26.6% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 13.8% for Texas as a whole. For jobs and income Seven Points is better than 4% of U.S. towns (D−); for walkability it is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (C−). Only 3% work in Seven Points; the top destination outside it is Mabank (9%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Seven Points: the figures worth knowing
A big share show a job far from home
43% 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 ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Seven Points
52% of Seven Points residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 19% of the jobs based in Seven Points pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Seven Points pay little
38% of the jobs based in Seven Points pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 37% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
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 377 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Seven Points’ grade explained
Job access by car holds Seven Points’ grade up (ahead of 23% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($39,934, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (10.0%) is left out: Seven Points’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Seven Points could be anywhere from D− to C−.
How far Seven Points goes to work
About 43% 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 work there is in Seven Points: 423 jobs
423 jobs are based in Seven Points.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Seven Points, 2013 → 2023: 307 → 423. 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 Seven Points’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Seven Points for work, and who comes in
On a workday 364 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 410 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Seven Points work
Where Seven Points 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.
Time on the road from Seven Points: about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Seven Points workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 336 commuters (the 21% 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.
The commute in Seven Points is mostly behind the wheel
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 428 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.8% of Seven Points households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Seven Points’ commuters take a bus or train.
Seven Points and other U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 28 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,389 | Kinsley KS | 1,312 | $49K | 19.3% | 7.3% | 37% | D− |
| 5,390 | Earlington KY | 1,262 | $38K | 39.3% | 4.7% | 1% | D− |
| 5,391 | Seven Points TX | 1,530 | $40K | 26.6% | 10.0% | 3% | D− |
| 5,392 | Ames TX | 1,282 | $36K | 25.4% | 7.4% | <1% | D− |
| 5,393 | Johnson VT | 1,326 | $49K | 17.5% | 14.4% | 2% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Seven Points, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Next door to Seven Points
The biggest share goes to Gun Barrel City (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Seven Points workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seven Points | – | D− | C− | 35 min | $39,934 |
| Tool | 3% | C− | D | 47 min | $71,333 |
| Gun Barrel City | 5% | C− | C+ | 28 min | $71,310 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Seven Points’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 Seven Points: questions
What is the median household income in Seven Points?
$39,934 (±$26,107) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Seven Points?
26.6%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Seven Points?
35 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Seven Points work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mabank (9%, 6 mi), Dallas (7%, 46 mi), Gun Barrel City (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Seven Points walkable?
Seven Points is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Seven Points without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Seven Points, from the people who make the trip.
More of Seven Points
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.