Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0Household incomes in Stamford are lower than in 91% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Stamford are C− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. 20.5% of residents live below the poverty line; Texas has 13.8%. Working from home is the commute for 2% of workers (Texas 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Stamford: the gist
Stamford’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Stamford is Abilene, 42 miles away as the crow flies. 16% of working residents (173) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Few Stamford workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
38% 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 ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Stamford than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Stamford fell from 922 in 2013 to 659 in 2023, −29%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Stamford
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Stamford is better than 24% of U.S. towns, #476 of 642 in Texas. Unemployment holds Stamford’s grade up (1.2%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($46,940, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Stamford could be anywhere from D to C+.
The commute from Stamford, by distance
About 38% 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.
Commuting from Stamford: about 23 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stamford workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,199 commuters (the 2% 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.
Inside Stamford’s 659 jobs
659 jobs are based in Stamford.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stamford, 2013 → 2023: 922 → 659. 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 Stamford’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Stamford, and who commutes in
On a workday 823 residents head out to work, 281 work right here, and 378 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Stamford on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.60 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.
16% of working residents work in Abilene
Where Stamford clocks in
16% of workers
6% 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.
Most trips from Stamford start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Stamford is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns, #354 of 642 in Texas. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.0% across Texas, on an EPA index of 5.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,218 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). 13.2% of Stamford households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Stamford’s commuters take a bus or train.
3,456th of 4,618: where Stamford ranks among U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,000
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,454 | Village of Four Seasons MO | 2,473 | $90K | 10.9% | 9.3% | 7% | C− |
| 3,455 | Richwood OH | 2,640 | $64K | 13.1% | 8.0% | 6% | C− |
| 3,456 | Stamford TX | 2,963 | $47K | 20.5% | 1.2% | 25% | C− |
| 3,457 | Bushnell IL | 2,600 | $68K | 9.8% | 6.6% | 22% | C− |
| 3,458 | Isabella Township MI | 2,196 | $62K | 13.1% | 3.9% | 3% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,618 | 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 Stamford, 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 Stamford: questions
What is the median household income in Stamford?
$46,940 (±$4,331) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stamford?
20.5%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stamford?
23 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stamford work?
25% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Abilene (16%, 42 mi), Haskell (6%, 11 mi), Fort Worth (3%, 132 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Stamford walkable?
Stamford is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Stamford without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stamford, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stamford
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.