Photo: Texas.pics · CC BY-SA 3.0More people are out of work in Stanton (6.0%) than in 74% of U.S. towns
About one in ten stay in Stanton for work; outside it, Midland is the main destination (24%, 20 miles). Stanton grades B for jobs and income and C for walkability. 0% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Stanton apart
Stanton and Midland trade workers both ways
Midland is the top workplace for Stanton residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Stanton come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
37% 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 ↓
Commutes from Stanton are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas 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; with 797 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Stanton earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Stanton is better than 61% of U.S. towns, #244 of 642 in Texas. The poverty rate holds Stanton’s grade up (5.0%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Stanton could be anywhere from C− to A+.
Where people from Stanton work
Where Stanton clocks in
24% of workers
5% 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 commute from Stanton, by distance
About 37% 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.
About 19 minutes each way, quicker than most of Texas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stanton workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,196 commuters (the 0% 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.
Stanton on a workday afternoon
On a workday 709 residents head out to work, 88 work right here, and 675 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 (0.96 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.
65% of the jobs in Stanton pay over $3,333 a month
763 jobs are based in Stanton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stanton, 2013 → 2023: 725 → 763. 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 Stanton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Stanton, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Stanton is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns, #437 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 1,196 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). 0.0% of Stanton households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Stanton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Stanton next to U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,600: 1,640th of 4,797 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Southside Place TX | 1,916 | $163K | 5.0% | 5.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,638 | Detroit Township MN | 1,974 | $94K | 9.6% | 2.1% | 1% | B |
| 1,639 | Gilpin Township PA | 2,333 | $73K | 7.4% | 2.2% | 5% | B |
| 1,640 | Stanton TX | 2,694 | $93K | 5.0% | 6.0% | 11% | B |
| 1,641 | Sprague CT | 2,954 | $93K | 8.1% | 4.7% | 4% | B |
| 1,642 | Holden ME | 3,438 | $92K | 3.2% | 4.5% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,797 | 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 Stanton, 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 Stanton: questions
What is the median household income in Stanton?
$92,923 (±$39,227) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stanton?
5.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stanton?
19 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stanton work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Midland (24%, 20 mi), Odessa (5%, 37 mi), Lubbock (3%, 99 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Stanton walkable?
Stanton is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Stanton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stanton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stanton
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.