Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domainAbout one in three of Boerne’s working residents commute to San Antonio
Jobs & income A−: better than 77% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #161 of 642 in Texas.
Walkability B−: more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns · #267 of 642 in Texas.
Household incomes here are higher than in 62% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 25 minutes each way (Texas 27, U.S. 26). About one in five work in Boerne; the top destination outside it is San Antonio (37%, 25 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Boerne
Boerne has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Boerne went from 6,063 in 2013 to 11,884 in 2023, +96%. The jobs ↓
Boerne and San Antonio trade workers both ways
San Antonio is the top workplace for Boerne residents (37%) and also where the most people who work in Boerne come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Boerne draws workers from far and wide
The 11,884 jobs in Boerne are filled from a wide area. Boerne’s own residents hold 14% and the ten next-biggest home towns 31%; the other 55% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Boerne’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Boerne is better than 77% of U.S. towns, #161 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 81% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Boerne could be anywhere from B− to A+.
What the 11,884 jobs in Boerne are
11,884 jobs are based in Boerne. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Boerne’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Boerne, 2013 → 2023: 6,063 → 11,884. 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.
37% of working residents work in San Antonio
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Boerne clocks in
37% of workers
4% of workers
2% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Boerne fills up on a workday
On a workday 6,417 residents head out to work, 1,655 work right here, and 10,229 people come in from elsewhere.
About 28,000 people are in Boerne on a workday afternoon, 16% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 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.
About 25 minutes each way, about the TX average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Boerne workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,758 commuters (the 16% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Boerne commutes less than 21 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 20% 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.
Most trips from Boerne start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Boerne is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns, #267 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.0% 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 9,231 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). 5.8% of Boerne households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Boerne’s commuters take a bus or train.
Boerne is 611th of 1,577 U.S. towns of 17,000 to 32,000 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Boerne, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Colleyville TX | 25,727 | $218K | 2.5% | 3.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Corinth TX | 25,297 | $121K | 3.5% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 609 | North Lynnwood WA | 23,339 | $101K | 7.2% | 4.9% | 1% | A− |
| 610 | Sartell MN | 19,918 | $84K | 7.4% | 2.2% | 14% | A− |
| 611 | Boerne TX | 24,047 | $85K | 6.8% | 3.5% | 21% | A− |
| 612 | Camillus NY | 25,088 | $86K | 8.0% | 2.7% | 10% | A− |
| 613 | West Whittier-Los Nietos CA | 25,615 | $112K | 11.0% | 4.6% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,577 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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.
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 Boerne: questions
What is the median household income in Boerne?
$84,541 (±$13,872) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Boerne?
6.8%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Boerne?
25 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Boerne work?
21% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Antonio (37%, 25 mi), Austin (4%, 68 mi), Kerrville (2%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Boerne walkable?
Boerne is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Boerne without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Boerne, from the people who make the trip.
More of Boerne
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.