Household incomes in Talty top those of 96% of U.S. towns
Talty grades A+ for jobs and income and D for walkability. Below the poverty line: 1.9% of residents, next to 13.8% across Texas. Only 1% stay in Talty for work; outside it, Dallas is the main destination (29%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Talty: the figures worth knowing
Talty 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 ↓
Talty is a place people come home to
There are 220 jobs based in Talty, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Talty has about 2,300 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Talty and Dallas trade workers both ways
Dallas is the top workplace for Talty residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Talty come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Talty
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Talty is among the top U.S. towns, #6 of 642 in Texas. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Talty’s grade. It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Talty stays A+.
From Talty, about 36 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Talty workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,421 commuters (the 14% 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.
How many people are in Talty by day
On a workday 1,250 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 205 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Talty on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
0.17 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.
Out of Talty to work: where people go
Where Talty clocks in
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.
What the 220 jobs in Talty are
220 jobs are based in Talty.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Talty, 2013 → 2023: 88 → 220. 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 Talty’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Talty commutes less than 26 miles
About 16% 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.
Talty is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Talty is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns, #591 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Talty 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 1,643 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). 0.8% of Talty households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Talty’s commuters take a bus or train.
Talty places 19th of 4,593 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,500
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Deephaven MN | 3,794 | $198K | 1.7% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 18 | Greenfield MN | 2,962 | $154K | 1.2% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| 19 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 20 | Garden Ridge TX | 4,371 | $177K | 0.4% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| 21 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Spring Valley Village TX | 4,402 | $245K | 1.0% | 2.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,593 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Talty, 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 Talty: questions
What is the median household income in Talty?
$154,732 (±$22,363) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Talty?
1.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Talty?
36 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Talty work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (29%, 22 mi), Mesquite (7%, 12 mi), Terrell (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Talty walkable?
Talty is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Talty without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Talty, from the people who make the trip.
More of Talty
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.