Household incomes put Cross Mountain near the very top of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are among the highest in the country. Below the poverty line: 1.6% of residents (Texas 13.8%). Jobs and income earn Cross Mountain A+; getting around on foot earns it B.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Cross Mountain and work: the main findings
How Cross Mountain earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cross Mountain is among the top U.S. towns, #25 of 642 in Texas. Household income is its strongest input ($205,164, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (2.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cross Mountain could be anywhere from A− to A+.
65% of working residents work in San Antonio
Where Cross Mountain clocks in
65% 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.
A workday in Cross Mountain: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,658 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 851 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,900 people are in Cross Mountain on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.52 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.
Most jobs in Cross Mountain are in services
865 jobs are based in Cross Mountain.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cross Mountain, 2013 → 2023: 977 → 865. 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 Cross Mountain’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes to work from Cross Mountain
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cross Mountain workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,750 commuters (the 11% 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.
Cross Mountain’s commute, mile by mile
About 19% 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.
Driving is how Cross Mountain gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cross Mountain is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns, #239 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Cross Mountain 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 1,959 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). 0.0% of Cross Mountain households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cross Mountain’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Cross Mountain is 69th among 4,430 U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| 68 | West Pikeland Township PA | 4,045 | $226K | 0.9% | 2.8% | 4% | A+ |
| 69 | Cross Mountain TX | 3,752 | $205K | 1.6% | 2.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 70 | Centerville MN | 3,978 | $123K | 2.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| 71 | Spring Lake NJ | 2,769 | $216K | 1.0% | 2.4% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,430 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Cross Mountain, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Cross Mountain and its neighbors: 65% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cross Mountain workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Mountain | – | A+ | B | 27 min | $205,164 |
| San Antonio | 65% | C+ | A | 25 min | $65,056 |
| Scenic Oaks | under 1% | A | C− | 28 min | $174,962 |
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 Cross Mountain’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 Cross Mountain: questions
What is the median household income in Cross Mountain?
$205,164 (±$45,650) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cross Mountain?
1.6%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cross Mountain?
27 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cross Mountain work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Antonio (65%, 15 mi), Austin (4%, 71 mi), Leon Valley (3%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cross Mountain walkable?
Cross Mountain is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cross Mountain without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cross Mountain, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cross Mountain
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.