Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0San Antonio draws more than half of Converse’s working residents
Converse grades A− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Only 2% work in Converse itself; outside it, San Antonio draws the most (54%, 14 miles). Household incomes here are higher than in 72% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Converse at work: what stands out
Converse’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Converse is better than 76% of U.S. towns, #162 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds Converse’s grade up (ahead of 91% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (11.6%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Converse could be anywhere from B to A.
How many people are in Converse by day
On a workday 11,415 residents head out to work, 268 work right here, and 3,636 people come in from elsewhere.
About 25,000 people are in Converse on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
0.33 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.
Where people from Converse work
Where Converse clocks in
54% 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.
The 3,904 jobs based in Converse
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Converse, 2013 → 2023: 3,005 → 3,904. 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 Converse’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Converse spends getting to work: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Converse workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 13,187 commuters (the 13% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Converse
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.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Converse, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Converse is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns, #262 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% 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 15,218 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 55% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 17% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 68% 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). 1.7% of Converse households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Converse’s commuters take a bus or train.
511th of 1,283: where Converse ranks among U.S. towns of 23,000 to 44,000
| # | 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 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Colleyville TX | 25,727 | $218K | 2.5% | 3.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Corinth TX | 25,297 | $121K | 3.5% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 509 | Culver City CA | 39,452 | $117K | 7.5% | 6.6% | 10% | A− |
| 510 | Oregon City OR | 38,175 | $98K | 6.8% | 4.4% | 13% | A− |
| 511 | Converse TX | 32,481 | $94K | 11.6% | 3.2% | 2% | A− |
| 512 | Ossining NY | 39,964 | $126K | 8.8% | 5.5% | 11% | A− |
| 513 | Cedar Falls IA | 41,240 | $77K | 15.7% | 3.9% | 36% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,283 | 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 Converse, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Bordering towns draw 63% of Converse’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Converse workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Converse | – | A− | B− | 27 min | $94,222 |
| San Antonio | 54% | C+ | A | 25 min | $65,056 |
| Universal City | 1% | B | C+ | 26 min | $74,811 |
| Randolph AFB | under 2% | A+ | A | 17 min | $113,250 |
| Schertz | 3% | A− | C | 32 min | $99,948 |
| Live Oak | 5% | B+ | B | 21 min | $79,696 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to San Antonio. Darker towns draw more of Converse’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 Converse: questions
What is the median household income in Converse?
$94,222 (±$12,569) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Converse?
11.6%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Converse?
27 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Converse work?
2% work in town.
Is Converse walkable?
Converse is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 9.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Converse without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 17% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Converse, from the people who make the trip.
More of Converse
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.