Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in San Antonio have higher incomes than those in 72% of U.S. towns
7% of workers have no commute at all, where Florida as a whole has 16%. 5.0% of residents are in poverty, next to 12.6% for Florida as a whole. The two grades for San Antonio are A− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in San Antonio: the figures worth knowing
San Antonio’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside San Antonio is Tampa, 28 miles away as the crow flies. 17% of working residents (79) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
San Antonio has added jobs fast
Jobs based in San Antonio went from 306 in 2013 to 495 in 2023, +62%. The jobs ↓
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 459 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Income, poverty and work: San Antonio’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, San Antonio is better than 78% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 54% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (3.9%) is left out: San Antonio’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, San Antonio could be anywhere from B to A.
The commute from San Antonio, by distance
About 24% 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.
Jobs in San Antonio: what the 495 are
495 jobs are based in San Antonio.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in San Antonio, 2013 → 2023: 306 → 495. 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 San Antonio’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of San Antonio
On a workday 455 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 491 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 (1.08 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.
17% of working residents work in Tampa
Where San Antonio clocks in
17% 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 26 minutes in San Antonio
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of San Antonio workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 650 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 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.
The commute in San Antonio is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, San Antonio is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place San Antonio near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 698 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). 5.7% of San Antonio households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of San Antonio’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, San Antonio is 758th among 6,161 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 104 | Atlantis FL | 2,140 | $117K | 3.6% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 127 | Old Miakka FL | 1,818 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 135 | Lake Mary Jane FL | 1,792 | $146K | 0.0% | 3.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 756 | Lessor WI | 1,242 | $97K | 3.9% | 4.0% | 1% | A− |
| 757 | Brandywine Bay NC | 1,313 | $105K | 1.2% | 12.1% | 0% | A− |
| 758 | San Antonio FL | 1,603 | $94K | 5.0% | 3.9% | 1% | A− |
| 759 | Rosefield Township IL | 1,204 | $85K | 3.2% | 2.9% | 1% | A− |
| 760 | Decoria Township MN | 1,100 | $124K | 5.1% | 2.4% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 San Antonio, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
San Antonio and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to St. Leo (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | San Antonio workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | – | A− | B+ | 26 min | $94,342 |
| St. Leo | 3% | C+ | A | 16 min | $96,389 |
| Pasadena Hills | under 2% | A− | C | 35 min | $84,821 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of San Antonio’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 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 San Antonio: questions
What is the median household income in San Antonio?
$94,342 (±$8,356) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in San Antonio?
5.0%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from San Antonio?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in San Antonio work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tampa (17%, 28 mi), Dade City (4%, 5 mi), Wesley Chapel (3%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is San Antonio walkable?
San Antonio is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around San Antonio without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from San Antonio, from the people who make the trip.
More of San Antonio
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.