Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Unemployment in Devine (0.0%) is among the lowest in the country
Jobs & income C+: better than 45% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #322 of 642 in Texas.
Walkability A−: more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns · #57 of 642 in Texas.
Household incomes here are lower than in 97% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 33 minutes each way (Texas 27, U.S. 26). About one in seven work in Devine; the top destination outside it is San Antonio (33%, 32 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Devine
One in three of Devine works in San Antonio
659 working residents, 33%, have their main job in San Antonio, 32 miles away. That’s 3 times as many as work in Devine itself. The commute map ↓
Devine workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Devine
54% of Devine residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 35% of the jobs based in Devine pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 87% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Few Devine workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
What’s behind Devine’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Devine is better than 45% of U.S. towns, #322 of 642 in Texas. Unemployment holds Devine’s grade up (0.0%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($38,207, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Devine could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
33% of working residents work in San Antonio
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Devine clocks in
33% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
About 33 minutes each way, longer than most of Texas
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Devine workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,799 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
What the 1,230 jobs in Devine are
1,230 jobs are based in Devine. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Devine’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Devine, 2013 → 2023: 1,268 → 1,230. 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.
Devine quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,749 residents head out to work, 259 work right here, and 971 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,900 people are in Devine on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.61 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.
Half of Devine commutes less than 32 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
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.
Devine is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Devine is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns, #57 of 642 in Texas. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.0% across Texas, on an EPA index of 7.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,880 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). 9.1% of Devine households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Devine’s commuters take a bus or train.
Devine is 2,228th of 3,798 U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,300 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Devine, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 8 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Garden Ridge TX | 4,371 | $177K | 0.4% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,226 | Durham CA | 5,340 | $95K | 10.2% | 6.7% | 12% | C+ |
| 2,227 | Winter Beach FL | 4,985 | $92K | 9.0% | 7.7% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,228 | Devine TX | 4,652 | $38K | 18.6% | 0.0% | 13% | C+ |
| 2,229 | Tilton NH | 4,092 | $67K | 12.5% | 3.5% | 15% | C+ |
| 2,230 | Amsterdam NY | 5,954 | $84K | 8.4% | 7.1% | 8% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,798 | 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.
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 Devine: questions
What is the median household income in Devine?
$38,207 (±$21,833) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Devine?
18.6%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Devine?
33 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Devine work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Antonio (33%, 32 mi), Austin (3%, 105 mi), Lytle (3%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Devine walkable?
Devine is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Devine without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Devine, from the people who make the trip.
More of Devine
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.