Victoria Grist Windmill · Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0Household incomes in Victoria trail those of 62% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 18.3% (Texas 13.8%). Victoria grades C for jobs and income and B for walkability. About two in five work in Victoria itself; outside it, Houston draws the most (7%, 117 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Victoria: the gist
Commutes from Victoria are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
40% 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.
The figures behind Victoria’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Victoria is better than 33% of U.S. towns, #403 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds Victoria’s grade up (ahead of 55% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Victoria could be anywhere from C− to C+.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of Texas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Victoria workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 27,599 commuters (the 7% 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 miles Victoria commutes
About 40% 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 commutes out of Victoria, and who commutes in
On a workday 15,261 residents head out to work, 11,736 work right here, and 15,798 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 (1.02 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.
The towns that employ Victoria’s residents
Where Victoria clocks in
7% of workers
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 Victoria’s employers do
27,534 jobs are based in Victoria.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Victoria, 2013 → 2023: 29,589 → 27,534. 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 Victoria’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most of Victoria commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Victoria is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns, #153 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.5% 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 29,679 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). 7.2% of Victoria households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Victoria’s commuters take a bus or train.
543rd of 648: where Victoria ranks among U.S. towns of 47,000 to 90,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Flower Mound TX | 79,540 | $161K | 4.3% | 3.4% | 10% | A+ |
| 14 | Celina TX | 64,427 | $171K | 4.7% | 2.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 541 | Elyria OH | 53,634 | $55K | 16.7% | 5.6% | 20% | C |
| 542 | St. Joseph MO | 71,001 | $58K | 17.7% | 4.3% | 68% | C |
| 543 | Victoria TX | 66,500 | $67K | 18.3% | 4.7% | 43% | C |
| 544 | Pocatello ID | 58,771 | $60K | 14.8% | 4.4% | 52% | C |
| 545 | Hammond IN | 75,712 | $56K | 19.1% | 6.5% | 18% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 648 | Pahrump NV | 47,347 | $62K | 13.7% | 8.5% | 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 Victoria, 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 Victoria: questions
What is the median household income in Victoria?
$67,226 (±$4,122) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Victoria?
18.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Victoria?
20 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Victoria work?
43% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (7%, 117 mi), San Antonio (4%, 103 mi), Point Comfort (3%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Victoria walkable?
Victoria is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Victoria without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Victoria, from the people who make the trip.
More of Victoria
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.