Most of Thorndale commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Thorndale report 105 jobs, and 601 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Thorndale are C+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Home is the office for 5% of workers (Texas 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Thorndale, in brief
Thorndale’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Thorndale is Austin, 39 miles away as the crow flies. 17% of working residents (105) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Thorndale is a place people come home to
There are 105 jobs based in Thorndale, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Thorndale has about 960 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% 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 ↓
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 601 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Thorndale’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Thorndale is better than 42% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Thorndale’s grade up (ahead of 52% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($64,013, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (5.8%) is left out: Thorndale’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Thorndale could be anywhere from C− to B+.
How far Thorndale’s workers travel
About 32% 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.
Who leaves Thorndale for work, and who comes in
On a workday 594 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 98 people come in from elsewhere.
About 960 people are in Thorndale on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
17% of working residents work in Austin
Where Thorndale clocks in
17% of workers
8% of workers
6% 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.
Jobs in Thorndale: what the 105 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Thorndale, 2013 → 2023: 96 → 105. 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 Thorndale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 23 minutes in Thorndale
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Thorndale workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 528 commuters (the 5% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Thorndale
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Thorndale is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Thorndale 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 557 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). 9.5% of Thorndale households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Thorndale’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,694th of 6,308: where Thorndale ranks among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 34 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,692 | Adrian MN | 1,219 | $73K | 7.7% | 1.3% | 16% | C+ |
| 2,693 | New London MN | 1,322 | $68K | 7.3% | 0.2% | 13% | C+ |
| 2,694 | Thorndale TX | 1,456 | $64K | 9.9% | 5.8% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,695 | Bonduel WI | 1,409 | $64K | 9.5% | 1.3% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,696 | Mapleton ME | 1,909 | $92K | 8.9% | 4.5% | 6% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Thorndale, 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 Thorndale: questions
What is the median household income in Thorndale?
$64,013 (±$17,761) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Thorndale?
9.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Thorndale?
23 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Thorndale work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Austin (17%, 39 mi), Taylor (8%, 14 mi), Round Rock (6%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Thorndale walkable?
Thorndale is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.6 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Thorndale without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Thorndale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Thorndale
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.