Work means San Antonio for more than half of Elmendorf’s working residents
The two grades for Elmendorf are C for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Household incomes here are lower than in 86% of U.S. towns. Hardly any work in Elmendorf itself; outside it, San Antonio draws the most (59%, 19 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Elmendorf: the figures worth knowing
Elmendorf is a place people come home to
There are 80 jobs based in Elmendorf, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Elmendorf workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical 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 811 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Elmendorf’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Elmendorf is better than 28% of U.S. towns, #444 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds Elmendorf’s grade up (ahead of 85% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (30.7%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (11.1%) is left out: Elmendorf’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Elmendorf could be anywhere from C− to C+.
The places Elmendorf commutes to
Where Elmendorf clocks in
59% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
Who works in Elmendorf, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 808 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 77 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Elmendorf on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.10 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.
The trip to work from Elmendorf: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Elmendorf workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 719 commuters (the 10% 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.
Goods, not services: 35% of the jobs in Elmendorf
80 jobs are based in Elmendorf.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Elmendorf, 2013 → 2023: 146 → 80. 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 Elmendorf’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Elmendorf
About 18% 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 Elmendorf, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Elmendorf is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns, #618 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Elmendorf 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 795 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). 3.3% of Elmendorf households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Elmendorf’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Elmendorf ranks: 3,293rd of 4,562 U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,291 | Chimayo NM | 2,390 | $56K | 27.0% | 1.0% | 3% | C |
| 3,292 | Kotzebue AK | 2,876 | $110K | 14.4% | 6.2% | — | C |
| 3,293 | Elmendorf TX | 3,111 | $52K | 30.7% | 11.1% | <1% | C |
| 3,294 | Fraser Township MI | 2,946 | $62K | 13.1% | 5.2% | 6% | C |
| 3,295 | Winchester Township OH | 2,243 | $59K | 12.1% | 2.9% | 3% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,562 | 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 Elmendorf, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
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 Elmendorf: questions
What is the median household income in Elmendorf?
$51,691 (±$8,427) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Elmendorf?
30.7%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Elmendorf?
32 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Elmendorf work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Antonio (59%, 19 mi), Austin (4%, 80 mi), Houston (3%, 180 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Elmendorf walkable?
Elmendorf is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Elmendorf without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Elmendorf, from the people who make the trip.
More of Elmendorf
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.