Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY 3.0Kingsland has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Kingsland report 1,139 jobs; 2,899 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Kingsland D; getting around on foot earns it B−. Household incomes here are lower than in 78% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Kingsland: the figures worth knowing
Kingsland’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Kingsland is Austin, 49 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (350) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Kingsland has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Kingsland went from 737 in 2014 to 1,139 in 2024, +55%. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
38% 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 ↓
Kingsland workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
Jobs & income in Kingsland: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Kingsland is better than 10% of U.S. towns, #596 of 642 in Texas. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Kingsland’s grade.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Kingsland could be anywhere from D− to C.
Near or far: the trip to work from Kingsland
About 38% 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 Kingsland’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kingsland, 2014 → 2024: 737 → 1,139. 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 Kingsland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Kingsland takes about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kingsland workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,453 commuters (the 15% 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.
Kingsland on a workday afternoon
On a workday 2,506 residents head out to work, 393 work right here, and 746 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,600 people are in Kingsland on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
12% of working residents work in Austin
Where Kingsland clocks in
12% 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.
Most trips from Kingsland start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kingsland is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns, #314 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.5% 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 2,876 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). 4.4% of Kingsland households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Kingsland’s commuters take a bus or train.
Kingsland and other U.S. towns of 5,100 to 9,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Hickory Creek TX | 6,875 | $149K | 2.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Alamo Heights TX | 7,632 | $183K | 2.5% | 2.2% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,950 | Dowagiac MI | 5,725 | $48K | 21.4% | 8.9% | 13% | D |
| 2,951 | South Boston VA | 7,795 | $44K | 26.9% | 5.2% | 16% | D |
| 2,952 | Kingsland TX | 7,330 | $57K | 16.3% | 6.4% | 14% | D |
| 2,953 | Ishpeming MI | 6,205 | $53K | 18.7% | 6.4% | 24% | D |
| 2,954 | Ocean Shores WA | 7,892 | $58K | 12.3% | 7.3% | 28% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,154 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Kingsland, 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 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 Kingsland: questions
What is the median household income in Kingsland?
$57,268 (±$5,440) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kingsland?
16.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kingsland?
33 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kingsland work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Austin (12%, 49 mi), Marble Falls (11%, 13 mi), Llano (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Kingsland walkable?
Kingsland is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kingsland 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 Kingsland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kingsland
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.