More than half of Grey Forest’s working residents commute to San Antonio
The average commute takes 25 minutes each way (Texas 27, U.S. 26). Working from home is the commute for 26% of workers (Texas 14%). Hardly any work in Grey Forest; the top destination outside it is San Antonio (56%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Grey Forest apart on work
More than half of Grey Forest works in San Antonio
129 working residents, 56%, have their main job in San Antonio, 14 miles away. That’s far more as work in Grey Forest itself. The commute map ↓
Grey Forest is a place people come home to
There are 11 jobs based in Grey Forest, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Grey Forest has about 290 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Grey Forest
26% of Grey Forest workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. 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 232 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Grey Forest’s working residents head each day
Where Grey Forest clocks in
56% of workers
7% 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 Grey Forest for work, and who comes in
On a workday 232 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Grey Forest on a workday afternoon, 43% fewer than live here.
0.05 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.
A commute of about 25 minutes in Grey Forest
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grey Forest workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 280 commuters (the 26% 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.
82% of the jobs in Grey Forest pay over $3,333 a month
11 jobs are based in Grey Forest.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grey Forest, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 11. 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 Grey Forest’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Grey Forest
About 25% 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.
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 Grey Forest: questions
What is the median household income in Grey Forest?
$110,417 (±$70,684) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grey Forest?
4.8%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grey Forest?
25 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grey Forest work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Grey Forest without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Grey Forest, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grey Forest
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.