Fair Oaks Ranch has higher household incomes than 97% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 34% of workers (Texas 14%). Below the poverty line: 2.4% of residents, next to 13.8% across Texas. The two grades for Fair Oaks Ranch are A for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Fair Oaks Ranch, in a few figures
Jobs in Fair Oaks Ranch have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Fair Oaks Ranch went from 518 in 2014 to 1,069 in 2024, +106%. The jobs ↓
A lot of Fair Oaks Ranch works from home
34% of Fair Oaks Ranch workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Time on the road ↓
More than half of Fair Oaks Ranch works in San Antonio
2,415 working residents, 50%, have their main job in San Antonio, 21 miles away across the town line. That’s 25 times as many as work in Fair Oaks Ranch itself. The commute map ↓
Fair Oaks Ranch workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Fair Oaks Ranch is a place people come home to
There are 1,069 jobs based in Fair Oaks Ranch, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Fair Oaks Ranch has about 8,300 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Fair Oaks Ranch’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Fair Oaks Ranch is better than 86% of U.S. towns, #115 of 642 in Texas. Household income holds Fair Oaks Ranch’s grade up ($174,327, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fair Oaks Ranch could be anywhere from A− to A+.
What work there is in Fair Oaks Ranch: 1,069 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fair Oaks Ranch, 2014 → 2024: 518 → 1,069. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fair Oaks Ranch’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Fair Oaks Ranch: about 38 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fair Oaks Ranch workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,823 commuters (the 33% 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.
50% of working residents work in San Antonio
Where Fair Oaks Ranch clocks in
50% of workers
11% 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.
Who leaves Fair Oaks Ranch for work, and who comes in
On a workday 4,724 residents head out to work, 75 work right here, and 994 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,300 people are in Fair Oaks Ranch on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
0.22 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 2024, primary jobs.
Short hops and long hauls from Fair Oaks Ranch
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Fair Oaks Ranch gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fair Oaks Ranch is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns, #568 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 4,244 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). 1.2% of Fair Oaks Ranch households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fair Oaks Ranch’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Fair Oaks Ranch ranks: 590th of 2,695 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Lucas TX | 8,896 | $221K | 1.3% | 2.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Lantana TX | 12,766 | $199K | 0.6% | 2.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 588 | Monroe Township OH | 8,115 | $90K | 6.2% | 2.4% | 9% | A |
| 589 | Cecil Township PA | 15,190 | $105K | 5.0% | 3.5% | 11% | A |
| 590 | Fair Oaks Ranch TX | 12,025 | $174K | 2.4% | 5.8% | 2% | A |
| 591 | Pleasant View UT | 11,423 | $129K | 2.4% | 4.0% | 6% | A |
| 592 | Winfield Township IN | 14,879 | $133K | 4.7% | 3.5% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 19% | 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 Fair Oaks Ranch, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Bordering towns draw 50% of Fair Oaks Ranch’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fair Oaks Ranch workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fair Oaks Ranch | – | A | D | 38 min | $174,327 |
| San Antonio | 50% | C+ | A | 25 min | $65,056 |
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 Fair Oaks Ranch’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 2024, 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 Fair Oaks Ranch: questions
What is the median household income in Fair Oaks Ranch?
$174,327 (±$20,556) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fair Oaks Ranch?
2.4%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fair Oaks Ranch?
38 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 34% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fair Oaks Ranch work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Antonio (50%, 21 mi), Boerne (11%, 6 mi), Austin (4%, 65 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Fair Oaks Ranch walkable?
Fair Oaks Ranch is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fair Oaks Ranch without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fair Oaks Ranch, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fair Oaks Ranch
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.