La Pryor has lower family incomes than 94% of U.S. towns
0% of workers have no commute at all, against 14% across Texas. Not counting college students, poverty touches 26.9% of residents, against 13.2% across Texas. La Pryor grades D− for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: La Pryor in brief
A big share show a job far from home
59% 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 ↓
La Pryor’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside La Pryor is San Antonio, 87 miles away as the crow flies. 19% of working residents (73) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
La Pryor workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 43 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 330 hours of commuting, 123 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 377 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where La Pryor’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On family income, poverty and job access, La Pryor is near the bottom of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides La Pryor’s grade.
15% of La Pryor’s residents are college students, and off-campus students count in the Census poverty figures. Where students are 15% or more of the people the Census checks for poverty (16% here), the grade uses the rate without them: 26.9%, against 24.0% for all residents. Unemployment (11.6%) is left out here: students looking for part-time work count as unemployed. Income is ranked as median family income ($54,479), since student households pull the household median down ($39,205).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for family income and poverty, La Pryor could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Miles to work from La Pryor
About 59% 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.
Each way, about 43 minutes from La Pryor
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of La Pryor workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 420 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.
In and out of La Pryor on a workday
On a workday 333 residents head out to work, 44 work right here, and 168 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in La Pryor on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.56 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.
19% of working residents work in San Antonio
Where La Pryor clocks in
19% of workers
9% 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 kinds of work in La Pryor
212 jobs are based in La Pryor.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in La Pryor, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 212. 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 La Pryor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In La Pryor, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, La Pryor is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place La Pryor 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 420 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). 4.5% of La Pryor households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of La Pryor’s commuters take a bus or train.
U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700, and where La Pryor sits
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 27 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,743 | Big River CA | 1,140 | $40K | 20.0% | 11.3% | 1% | D− |
| 4,744 | Dixon NM | 1,623 | $54K | 37.6% | 10.4% | 1% | D− |
| 4,745 | La Pryor TX | 1,236 | $39K | 24.0% | 11.6% | 12% | D− |
| 4,746 | Clarendon AR | 1,394 | $34K | 23.9% | 7.2% | 22% | D− |
| 4,747 | Ivey GA | 1,009 | $40K | 36.5% | 15.0% | 1% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 La Pryor, 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.
- Students. 15% of residents are college students; the poverty input leaves off-campus students out (above).
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in La Pryor: questions
What is the median household income in La Pryor?
$39,205 (±$34,213) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in La Pryor?
24.0% of residents live below the poverty line; leaving out college students, 26.9%. Texas: 13.8%.
How long is the commute from La Pryor?
43 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in La Pryor work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Antonio (19%, 87 mi), Uvalde (9%, 19 mi), Crystal City (4%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is La Pryor walkable?
La Pryor is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around La Pryor 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 La Pryor, from the people who make the trip.
More of La Pryor
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.