Tom Bean has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 56 jobs in Tom Bean for 349 working residents. Hardly any stay in Tom Bean for work; outside it, Sherman is the main destination (10%, 11 miles). At 27 minutes each way, commutes from Tom Bean run about the Texas average.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Tom Bean, in a few figures
How a workday changes Tom Bean
On a workday 347 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere.
About 680 people are in Tom Bean on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Where the trip to work from Tom Bean ends
Where Tom Bean clocks in
10% of workers
9% 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.
Tom Bean makes things: 30% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tom Bean, 2013 → 2023: 73 → 56. 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 Tom Bean’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes to work from Tom Bean
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tom Bean workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 320 commuters (the 13% 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.
Where in the region Tom Bean works
About 26% 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.
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 Tom Bean: questions
What is the median household income in Tom Bean?
$88,824 (±$10,227) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tom Bean?
2.6%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tom Bean?
27 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tom Bean work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sherman (10%, 11 mi), Plano (9%, 36 mi), McKinney (9%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Tom Bean without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tom Bean, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tom Bean
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.