Photo: RM VM · CC BY-SA 4.0Sienna has higher household incomes than 98% of U.S. towns
1.5% of residents live below the poverty line, against 13.8% across Texas. For jobs and income Sienna is better than 96% of U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (C). Only 2% stay in Sienna for work; outside it, Houston is the main destination (54%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Sienna
Jobs in Sienna have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Sienna went from 320 in 2013 to 715 in 2023, +123%. The jobs ↓
More than half of Sienna works in Houston
5,312 working residents, 54%, have their main job in Houston, 22 miles away. That’s 27 times as many as work in Sienna itself. The commute map ↓
Sienna is a place people come home to
There are 715 jobs based in Sienna, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Sienna has about 16,000 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Sienna
75% of Sienna residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 44% of the jobs based in Sienna pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Sienna workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 69 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Income, poverty and work: Sienna’s grade explained
The poverty rate is its strongest input; unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sienna could be anywhere from A to A+.
Most jobs in Sienna are in services
715 jobs are based in Sienna.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sienna, 2013 → 2023: 320 → 715. 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 Sienna’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where the trip to work from Sienna ends
Where Sienna clocks in
54% of workers
3% 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.
Who commutes out of Sienna, and who commutes in
On a workday 9,638 residents head out to work, 173 work right here, and 542 people come in from elsewhere.
About 16,000 people are in Sienna on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Commuting from Sienna: about 36 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sienna workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9,532 commuters (the 22% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Sienna
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.
Getting around Sienna: mostly by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 12,196 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). 0.5% of Sienna households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Sienna’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Sienna is 87th among 1,688 U.S. towns of 17,000 to 34,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Colleyville TX | 25,727 | $218K | 2.5% | 3.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Corinth TX | 25,297 | $121K | 3.5% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 85 | Farmington CT | 28,632 | $141K | 4.2% | 2.7% | 17% | A+ |
| 86 | Grimes IA | 17,405 | $120K | 4.4% | 1.9% | 9% | A+ |
| 87 | Sienna TX | 24,992 | $178K | 1.5% | 3.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 88 | Millburn Township NJ | 22,874 | $250K | 3.0% | 4.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 89 | Silver Spring Township PA | 21,670 | $125K | 4.6% | 1.7% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,688 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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 Sienna, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
How Sienna compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Missouri City (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sienna workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sienna | – | A+ | C | 36 min | $177,837 |
| Missouri City | 3% | A− | B− | 30 min | $94,390 |
| Arcola | under 1% | B | C− | 35 min | $75,086 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sienna’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 Sienna: questions
What is the median household income in Sienna?
$177,837 (±$18,675) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sienna?
1.5%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sienna?
36 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sienna work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (54%, 22 mi), Sugar Land (9%, 11 mi), Missouri City (3%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sienna walkable?
Sienna is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sienna 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 Sienna, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sienna
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.