Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Center Point has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Household incomes here are higher than in 86% of U.S. towns. 231 jobs are based in Center Point, against 481 working residents. For jobs and income Center Point is better than 62% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (C).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Center Point apart
The four measures behind Center Point’s grade
Household income holds Center Point’s grade up ($115,833, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 17% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Center Point could be anywhere from D to A.
About 26 minutes each way for Center Point’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Center Point workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 856 commuters (the 26% 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 people are in Center Point by day
On a workday 474 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 224 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Center Point on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
25% of working residents work in Kerrville
Where Center Point clocks in
25% of workers
17% 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.
45% of the jobs in Center Point make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Center Point, 2013 → 2023: 82 → 231. 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 Center Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Center Point
About 28% 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.
Center Point is a driving town
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.0% across Texas, on an EPA index of 4.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,154 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). 2.1% of Center Point households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Center Point’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300, Center Point comes 1,519th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 26 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,517 | Eddington ME | 2,254 | $75K | 6.7% | 2.7% | 3% | B |
| 1,518 | South Newton Township PA | 1,393 | $78K | 6.8% | 1.5% | 1% | B |
| 1,519 | Center Point TX | 1,733 | $116K | 6.4% | 3.8% | 1% | B |
| 1,520 | Sunday Lake WA | 1,375 | $92K | 8.9% | 10.0% | 0% | B |
| 1,521 | Tripoli IA | 1,208 | $78K | 3.3% | 3.1% | 7% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | 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 Center Point, 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 Center Point: questions
What is the median household income in Center Point?
$115,833 (±$60,150) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Center Point?
6.4%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Center Point?
26 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Center Point work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kerrville (25%, 9 mi), San Antonio (17%, 45 mi), Boerne (4%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Center Point walkable?
Center Point is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Center Point without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Center Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of Center Point
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.