Photo: US gov · Public domainLackland AFB has 1.8 jobs for every working resident: 2,657 people commute in to work
Lackland AFB grades B+ for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. 2,670 jobs are based in Lackland AFB, and 1,505 of its residents work somewhere. 40% of workers have no commute at all, where Texas as a whole has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Lackland AFB, in a few figures
A big share show a job far from home
74% 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 ↓
A lot of Lackland AFB works from home
40% of Lackland AFB workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Lackland AFB are quick
The average trip to work takes 11 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 123 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
Lackland AFB’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Lackland AFB is Austin, 82 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (217) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Lackland AFB is where the jobs are
Lackland AFB has 2,670 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
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.
Where Lackland AFB’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lackland AFB is better than 73% of U.S. towns, #183 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds Lackland AFB’s grade up (ahead of 91% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (11.4%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lackland AFB could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Short hops and long hauls from Lackland AFB
About 74% 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.
Lackland AFB’s commute takes about 11 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lackland AFB workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,592 commuters (the 40% 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.
Who commutes out of Lackland AFB, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,492 residents head out to work and 13 work right here.
About 8,000 people are in Lackland AFB on a workday afternoon, 17% more 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.
The daily trip into Lackland AFB
Where Lackland AFB clocks in
14% of workers
11% of workers
9% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Lackland AFB
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lackland AFB, 2014 → 2024: 1,596 → 2,670. 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 Lackland AFB’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Lackland AFB is among the most walkable U.S. towns
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lackland AFB is among the most walkable U.S. towns, #1 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Lackland AFB 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 5,942 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 20.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 98% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.4% of Lackland AFB households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 7% of Lackland AFB’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lackland AFB places 1,079th of 3,303 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 4,700 to 9,200
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,077 | Conewago Township PA | 9,140 | $97K | 6.3% | 5.3% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,078 | Oxford Township PA | 6,089 | $83K | 8.8% | 2.1% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,079 | Lackland AFB TX | 6,785 | $74K | 11.4% | 2.4% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,080 | Alton NH | 6,036 | $114K | 4.1% | 2.3% | 13% | B+ |
| 1,081 | Skaneateles NY | 7,016 | $104K | 10.1% | 2.3% | 22% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,303 | 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 Lackland AFB, 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 Lackland AFB: questions
What is the median household income in Lackland AFB?
$73,646 (±$25,985) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lackland AFB?
11.4%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lackland AFB?
11 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 40% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lackland AFB work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Austin (14%, 82 mi), San Antonio (11%, 8 mi), Houston (9%, 196 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Lackland AFB walkable?
Lackland AFB is among the most walkable U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 13.2 out of 20, and 69% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lackland AFB without a car?
7% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lackland AFB, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lackland AFB
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.