Hardly anyone in Shadybrook is out of work
Hardly any work in Shadybrook; the top destination outside it is Tyler (34%, 16 miles). The two grades for Shadybrook are B− for jobs and income and D for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 28% of workers, where Texas as a whole has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Shadybrook and work: the main findings
Shadybrook is a place people come home to
There are 68 jobs based in Shadybrook, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Shadybrook has about 1,900 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Shadybrook and Tyler trade workers both ways
Tyler is the top workplace for Shadybrook residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in Shadybrook come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Shadybrook
28% of Shadybrook 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 959 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Shadybrook gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Shadybrook is better than 52% of U.S. towns, #285 of 642 in Texas. Unemployment holds Shadybrook’s grade up (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (16.6%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Shadybrook could be anywhere from C to A.
How many people are in Shadybrook by day
On a workday 953 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Shadybrook on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
0.07 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.
Where Shadybrook’s working residents head each day
Where Shadybrook clocks in
34% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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.
Each way, about 32 minutes from Shadybrook
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shadybrook workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 782 commuters (the 28% 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 kinds of work in Shadybrook
68 jobs are based in Shadybrook.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shadybrook, 2013 → 2023: 77 → 68. 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 Shadybrook’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Shadybrook’s commute, mile by mile
About 27% 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.
Few in Shadybrook walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Shadybrook is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns, #609 of 642 in Texas. 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 1,089 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). 0.4% of Shadybrook households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Shadybrook’s commuters take a bus or train.
Shadybrook next to U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800: 2,145th of 4,703 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,143 | West Bloomfield NY | 2,723 | $61K | 7.6% | 4.3% | 3% | B− |
| 2,144 | Price Township PA | 3,795 | $83K | 6.9% | 4.2% | 2% | B− |
| 2,145 | Shadybrook TX | 2,810 | $69K | 16.6% | 0.0% | 1% | B− |
| 2,146 | Northumberland PA | 3,800 | $66K | 17.1% | 1.4% | 7% | B− |
| 2,147 | Kemah TX | 3,097 | $85K | 29.4% | 4.5% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Shadybrook, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Work in the towns next to Shadybrook
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Shadybrook workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadybrook | – | B− | D | 32 min | $69,173 |
| Coffee City | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Coffee City: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Shadybrook’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 Shadybrook: questions
What is the median household income in Shadybrook?
$69,173 (±$20,214) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shadybrook?
16.6%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shadybrook?
32 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Shadybrook work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tyler (34%, 16 mi), Jacksonville (6%, 14 mi), Houston (4%, 161 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Shadybrook walkable?
Shadybrook is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Shadybrook without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Shadybrook, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shadybrook
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.