Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0At 1.3%, unemployment in Snyder is lower than in 92% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers, against 14% across Texas. The two grades for Snyder are C+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Household incomes here are lower than in 77% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Snyder, in brief
Commutes from Snyder are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
44% 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 ↓
Few Snyder workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
Inside Snyder’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Snyder is better than 40% of U.S. towns, #350 of 642 in Texas. Unemployment holds Snyder’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 19% of U.S. towns).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Snyder could be anywhere from C to B.
Snyder’s commute takes about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Snyder workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,738 commuters (the 3% 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 distance from Snyder to work
About 44% 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.
How a workday changes Snyder
On a workday 2,556 residents head out to work, 1,487 work right here, and 2,289 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 (0.93 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 Snyder goes to work
Where Snyder clocks in
4% 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.
The kinds of work in Snyder
3,776 jobs are based in Snyder.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Snyder, 2013 → 2023: 4,554 → 3,776. 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 Snyder’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Snyder, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Snyder is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns, #81 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Snyder near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,908 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). 6.2% of Snyder households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Snyder’s commuters take a bus or train.
Snyder places 1,743rd of 2,507 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Lucas TX | 8,896 | $221K | 1.3% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Lantana TX | 12,766 | $199K | 0.6% | 2.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,741 | Maili HI | 11,570 | $112K | 11.3% | 9.6% | 0% | C+ |
| 1,742 | Millersville PA | 9,280 | $68K | 23.1% | 5.0% | 4% | C+ |
| 1,743 | Snyder TX | 11,166 | $58K | 12.4% | 1.3% | 37% | C+ |
| 1,744 | Fayette Township OH | 8,131 | $58K | 15.4% | 0.8% | 7% | C+ |
| 1,745 | El Dorado KS | 12,696 | $59K | 16.6% | 3.3% | 35% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Snyder, 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 Snyder: questions
What is the median household income in Snyder?
$57,902 (±$5,809) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Snyder?
12.4%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Snyder?
18 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Snyder work?
37% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Abilene (4%, 71 mi), San Angelo (3%, 92 mi), Fort Worth (3%, 207 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Snyder walkable?
Snyder is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.6 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Snyder without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Snyder, from the people who make the trip.
More of Snyder
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.