Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Kingsbury
At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (Texas 14%). Hardly any stay in Kingsbury for work; outside it, Seguin is the main destination (18%, 10 miles). A typical one-way commute from Kingsbury lasts 23 minutes (Texas 27, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Kingsbury: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 62 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 81 people are in Kingsbury on a workday afternoon, 43% fewer than live here.
0.00 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.
Where people from Kingsbury work
Where Kingsbury clocks in
18% of workers
15% of workers
11% 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.
About 23 minutes each way for Kingsbury’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kingsbury workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 93 commuters (the 0% 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.
Kingsbury’s commute, mile by mile
About 32% 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.
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 Kingsbury: questions
What is the median household income in Kingsbury?
$74,125 (±$24,994) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kingsbury?
39.1%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kingsbury?
23 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kingsbury work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Seguin (18%, 10 mi), San Antonio (15%, 45 mi), San Marcos (11%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Kingsbury without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kingsbury, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kingsbury
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.