Photo: Renegomezphotography · CC BY-SA 4.0Hondo has 0.8 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income D: better than 14% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #557 of 642 in Texas.
Walkability B−: more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns · #293 of 642 in Texas.
Household incomes here are lower than in 71% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 21 minutes each way (Texas 27, U.S. 26). About one in five work in Hondo; the top destination outside it is San Antonio (26%, 39 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Hondo
Hondo’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Hondo is San Antonio, 39 miles away as the crow flies. 26% of working residents (849) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Commutes from Hondo are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
35% 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 ↓
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 Hondo’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hondo is better than 14% of U.S. towns, #557 of 642 in Texas. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Hondo’s grade.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hondo could be anywhere from D to C+.
Half of Hondo commutes less than 40 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 35% 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.
About 21 minutes each way, quicker than most of Texas
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hondo workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,781 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 2,618 residents head out to work, 660 work right here, and 1,810 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
26% 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 Hondo clocks in
26% 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.
What the 2,470 jobs in Hondo are
2,470 jobs are based in Hondo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hondo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hondo, 2013 → 2023: 2,423 → 2,470. 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.
Most trips from Hondo start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hondo is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns, #293 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Hondo 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 2,946 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). 4.3% of Hondo households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hondo’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Hondo compares with U.S. towns of 6,400 to 12,300
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Hondo, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Hickory Creek TX | 6,875 | $149K | 2.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Alamo Heights TX | 7,632 | $183K | 2.5% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Oak Point TX | 6,909 | $126K | 1.5% | 1.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,583 | Pulaski VA | 8,807 | $49K | 21.2% | 5.2% | 16% | D |
| 2,584 | Prineville OR | 11,994 | $73K | 16.2% | 9.4% | 29% | D |
| 2,585 | Hondo TX | 9,130 | $62K | 17.0% | 7.1% | 20% | D |
| 2,586 | Farmington ME | 8,258 | $54K | 15.4% | 5.2% | 26% | D |
| 2,587 | Mila Doce TX | 7,731 | $51K | 32.0% | 8.9% | 1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 2,855 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Hondo: questions
What is the median household income in Hondo?
$62,032 (±$4,329) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hondo?
17.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hondo?
21 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hondo work?
20% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Antonio (26%, 39 mi), Austin (4%, 107 mi), Kerrville (3%, 47 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hondo walkable?
Hondo is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hondo without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hondo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hondo
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.