Households in Weston Lakes earn more than those in 94% of U.S. towns
Hardly any work in Weston Lakes; the top destination outside it is Houston (49%, 34 miles). Poverty touches 4.6% of residents; Texas has 13.8%. For jobs and income Weston Lakes is among the top U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (D−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Weston Lakes
Nearly half of Weston Lakes works in Houston
961 working residents, 49%, have their main job in Houston, 34 miles away. That’s 49 times as many as work in Weston Lakes itself. The commute map ↓
Weston Lakes workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Weston Lakes is a place people come home to
There are 210 jobs based in Weston Lakes, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Weston Lakes has about 2,800 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Three in four Weston Lakes workers earn over $40,000 a year
76% of Weston Lakes’ working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data. 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.
Income, poverty and work: Weston Lakes’ grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Weston Lakes is among the top U.S. towns, #17 of 642 in Texas. Unemployment is its strongest input (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Weston Lakes could be anywhere from A to A+.
The places Weston Lakes commutes to
Where Weston Lakes clocks in
49% 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.
A commute of about 38 minutes in Weston Lakes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Weston Lakes workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,407 commuters (the 21% 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.
Weston Lakes quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,962 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 198 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,800 people are in Weston Lakes on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.
0.11 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.
The 210 jobs based in Weston Lakes
210 jobs are based in Weston Lakes.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Weston Lakes, 2014 → 2024: 127 → 210. 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 Weston Lakes’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Weston Lakes’ commute, mile by mile
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Weston Lakes, most people drive to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,782 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). 0.0% of Weston Lakes households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Weston Lakes’ commuters take a bus or train.
How Weston Lakes ranks: 57th of 3,938 U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 7 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Crosspointe VA | 5,669 | $250K | 3.7% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 56 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
| 57 | Weston Lakes TX | 4,570 | $145K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 58 | Jackson WI | 3,950 | $117K | 0.6% | 0.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 59 | Monrovia MD | 3,568 | $207K | 0.0% | 2.2% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,938 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Weston Lakes, 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 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 Weston Lakes: questions
What is the median household income in Weston Lakes?
$145,394 (±$22,974) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Weston Lakes?
4.6%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Weston Lakes?
38 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Weston Lakes work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (49%, 34 mi), Rosenberg (5%, 10 mi), Sugar Land (4%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Weston Lakes walkable?
Weston Lakes is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Weston Lakes without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Weston Lakes, from the people who make the trip.
More of Weston Lakes
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.