Photo: Brianross13 · Public domainHousehold incomes in Ingram trail those of 93% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 7% of workers, next to 14% for Texas as a whole. 21.1% of residents live below the poverty line, where Texas as a whole has 13.8%. Ingram grades C− for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Ingram at work: what stands out
Ingram and Kerrville trade workers both ways
Kerrville is the top workplace for Ingram residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Ingram come from (30% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
40% 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; with 749 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Ingram’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ingram is better than 22% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Ingram’s grade up (2.7%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($44,813, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ingram could be anywhere from D− to B−.
33% of working residents work in Kerrville
Where Ingram clocks in
33% of workers
14% 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.
The commute from Ingram, by distance
About 40% 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 and out of Ingram on a workday
On a workday 701 residents head out to work, 48 work right here, and 768 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 (1.09 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.
What work there is in Ingram: 816 jobs
816 jobs are based in Ingram.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ingram, 2013 → 2023: 628 → 816. 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 Ingram’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Ingram takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ingram workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 844 commuters (the 7% 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.
Most of Ingram commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ingram is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.4% of 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 905 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). 0.7% of Ingram households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ingram’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500, Ingram comes 3,952nd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 25 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,950 | Bremen OH | 1,528 | $61K | 15.7% | 5.0% | 3% | C− |
| 3,951 | Mercer PA | 1,905 | $47K | 16.3% | 8.0% | 9% | C− |
| 3,952 | Ingram TX | 1,846 | $45K | 21.1% | 2.7% | 6% | C− |
| 3,953 | Shell Lake WI | 1,414 | $58K | 8.9% | 0.5% | 14% | C− |
| 3,954 | Parishville NY | 1,990 | $77K | 13.5% | 6.0% | 8% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Ingram, 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 Ingram: questions
What is the median household income in Ingram?
$44,813 (±$11,890) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ingram?
21.1%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ingram?
23 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ingram work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kerrville (33%, 7 mi), San Antonio (14%, 60 mi), Austin (4%, 90 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ingram walkable?
Ingram is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.8 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ingram 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 Ingram, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ingram
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.