Trophy Club’s household incomes are higher than in 98% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 2.1% of residents, where Texas as a whole has 13.8%. Trophy Club grades A+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. 25% of workers work from home (Texas 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Trophy Club at work: what stands out
Trophy Club has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Trophy Club went from 816 in 2014 to 1,448 in 2024, +77%. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in Trophy Club
25% of Trophy Club workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Time on the road ↓
Trophy Club’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Trophy Club is Dallas, 27 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (872) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Trophy Club is a place people come home to
There are 1,448 jobs based in Trophy Club, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Trophy Club has about 8,800 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Trophy Club
75% of Trophy Club residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 54% of the jobs based in Trophy Club pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Trophy Club
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Trophy Club is among the top U.S. towns, #5 of 642 in Texas. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Trophy Club’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Trophy Club stays A+.
The kinds of work in Trophy Club
1,448 jobs are based in Trophy Club.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Trophy Club, 2014 → 2024: 816 → 1,448. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Trophy Club’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes to work from Trophy Club
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Trophy Club workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,669 commuters (the 25% 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.
Miles to work from Trophy Club
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The workday shuffle in and out of Trophy Club
On a workday 6,204 residents head out to work, 111 work right here, and 1,337 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,800 people are in Trophy Club on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.
0.23 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 2024, primary jobs.
14% of working residents work in Dallas
Where Trophy Club clocks in
11% of workers
8% 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.
Few in Trophy Club walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Trophy Club is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns, #360 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.8% of 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 7,588 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). 2.0% of Trophy Club households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Trophy Club’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Trophy Club ranks: 6th of 2,059 U.S. towns of 10,000 to 18,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 4 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 5 | Waldwick NJ | 10,252 | $178K | 1.4% | 2.2% | 7% | A+ |
| 6 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 7 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 4% | A+ |
| 8 | Mendota Heights MN | 11,475 | $133K | 2.8% | 1.4% | 5% | A+ |
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| 27 | Lantana TX | 12,766 | $199K | 0.6% | 2.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 62 | Bellaire TX | 17,434 | $244K | 2.4% | 3.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 88 | Rendon TX | 14,632 | $118K | 3.7% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,059 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | 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 Trophy Club, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Next door is work for 10% of Trophy Club
The biggest share goes to Westlake (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Trophy Club workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trophy Club | – | A+ | C+ | 25 min | $201,054 |
| Westlake | 5% | A+ | C+ | 26 min | $250,000+ |
| Roanoke | under 2% | A− | C | 27 min | $97,295 |
| Southlake | 5% | A+ | B− | 26 min | $250,000+ |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Trophy Club’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Trophy Club: questions
What is the median household income in Trophy Club?
$201,054 (±$19,409) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Trophy Club?
2.1%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Trophy Club?
25 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Trophy Club work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (14%, 27 mi), Fort Worth (11%, 18 mi), Irving (8%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Trophy Club walkable?
Trophy Club is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Trophy Club without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Trophy Club, from the people who make the trip.
More of Trophy Club
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.