Household incomes in Weston are higher than in 94% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 2.8% of residents, next to 13.8% for Texas as a whole. Weston grades A+ for jobs and income. Hardly any stay in Weston for work; outside it, Dallas is the main destination (13%, 38 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Weston
Weston is a place people come home to
There are 17 jobs based in Weston, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Weston’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Weston is Dallas, 38 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (31) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. 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 234 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Weston’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Weston is among the top U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Weston’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (0.7%) is left out: Weston’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, Weston could be anywhere from A to A+.
Who leaves Weston for work, and who comes in
On a workday 234 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.
About 920 people are in Weston on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.07 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 2023, primary jobs.
How many miles Weston commutes
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.
The towns that employ Weston’s residents
Where Weston clocks in
12% 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.
Weston makes things: 76% of its jobs are in goods
17 jobs are based in Weston.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Weston, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 17. 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 Weston’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Weston takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Weston workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 119 commuters (the 14% 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 is 39th of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Serenada TX | 1,444 | $155K | 1.5% | 2.6% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Lake Quivira KS | 1,005 | $178K | 3.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 38 | Pittsford NY | 1,323 | $119K | 1.9% | 3.0% | 3% | A+ |
| 39 | Weston TX | 1,140 | $144K | 2.8% | 0.7% | 0% | A+ |
| 40 | Mill Neck NY | 1,010 | $196K | 5.7% | 6.4% | 2% | A+ |
| 41 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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 Weston, 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 Weston: questions
What is the median household income in Weston?
$143,750 (±$50,888) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Weston?
2.8%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Weston?
27 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Weston work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (13%, 38 mi), Plano (13%, 20 mi), McKinney (12%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Weston 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, from the people who make the trip.
More of Weston
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.