Photo: Renegomezphotography · CC BY-SA 4.0D'Hanis has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
A typical one-way commute lasts 17 minutes, next to 27 for Texas and 26 for the U.S. 118 jobs are based in D'Hanis, and 305 of its residents work somewhere. About one in ten work in D'Hanis; the top destination outside it is San Antonio (29%, 46 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in D'Hanis
A big share show a job far from home
41% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
29% of D'Hanis works in San Antonio
88 working residents, 29%, have their main job in San Antonio, 46 miles away. That’s 4 times as many as work in D'Hanis itself. The commute map ↓
Commutes from D'Hanis are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 305 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The commute from D'Hanis, by distance
About 41% 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.
Out of D'Hanis to work: where people go
Where D'Hanis clocks in
29% of workers
8% 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.
Time on the road from D'Hanis: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of D'Hanis workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 125 commuters (the 9% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of D'Hanis
On a workday 280 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 93 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in D'Hanis on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
Jobs in D'Hanis: what the 118 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in D'Hanis, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 118. 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 D'Hanis’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 D'Hanis: questions
What is the median household income in D'Hanis?
$40,625 (±$16,791) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in D'Hanis?
17.7%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from D'Hanis?
17 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in D'Hanis work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Antonio (29%, 46 mi), Hondo (8%, 7 mi), Austin (4%, 113 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around D'Hanis without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from D'Hanis, from the people who make the trip.
More of D'Hanis
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.