Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0Cibolo has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Cibolo report 5,176 jobs, against 14,904 working residents. Jobs and income earn Cibolo A−; getting around on foot earns it C−. Household incomes here are higher than in 89% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Cibolo
Jobs in Cibolo have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Cibolo went from 1,156 in 2013 to 5,176 in 2023, +348%. The jobs ↓
Cibolo and San Antonio trade workers both ways
San Antonio is the top workplace for Cibolo residents (38%) and also where the most people who work in Cibolo come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Cibolo makes and builds things
41% of the jobs based in Cibolo are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Cibolo residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 13%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Cibolo
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cibolo is better than 80% of U.S. towns, #146 of 642 in Texas. Household income holds Cibolo’s grade up ($122,365, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (6.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cibolo could be anywhere from B+ to A.
41% of the jobs in Cibolo make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cibolo, 2013 → 2023: 1,156 → 5,176. 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 Cibolo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
38% of working residents work in San Antonio
Where Cibolo clocks in
38% of workers
9% of workers
8% 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.
How a workday changes Cibolo
On a workday 14,473 residents head out to work, 431 work right here, and 4,745 people come in from elsewhere.
About 29,000 people are in Cibolo on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
About 29 minutes each way for Cibolo’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cibolo workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 13,099 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.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Near or far: the trip to work from Cibolo
About 27% 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.
For most of Cibolo, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cibolo is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns, #558 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Cibolo 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 15,601 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). 1.4% of Cibolo households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cibolo’s commuters take a bus or train.
Cibolo next to U.S. towns of 27,000 to 53,000: 384th of 1,135 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 3 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Keller TX | 46,078 | $175K | 3.4% | 2.7% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Coppell TX | 41,386 | $146K | 5.4% | 2.6% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 382 | Oviedo FL | 41,317 | $117K | 5.3% | 5.3% | 6% | A− |
| 383 | Marysville OH | 30,190 | $93K | 6.7% | 3.1% | 18% | A− |
| 384 | Cibolo TX | 39,019 | $122K | 4.1% | 6.8% | 3% | A− |
| 385 | McHenry IL | 29,217 | $86K | 4.7% | 3.6% | 13% | A− |
| 386 | Bergenfield NJ | 28,754 | $130K | 7.1% | 6.2% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,135 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Cibolo, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Next door to Cibolo
The biggest share goes to Schertz (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cibolo workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cibolo | – | A− | C− | 29 min | $122,365 |
| Schertz | 8% | A− | C | 32 min | $99,948 |
| Zuehl | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| New Berlin | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Zuehl and New Berlin: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cibolo’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 Cibolo: questions
What is the median household income in Cibolo?
$122,365 (±$9,221) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cibolo?
4.1%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cibolo?
29 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cibolo work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Antonio (38%, 20 mi), Austin (9%, 58 mi), Schertz (8%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cibolo walkable?
Cibolo is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cibolo without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cibolo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cibolo
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.