Leming has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Hardly any work in Leming; the top destination outside it is San Antonio (36%, 27 miles). Leming has 25 jobs for 379 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers (Texas 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Leming stands out on work
Leming is a place people come home to
There are 25 jobs based in Leming, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Leming has about 330 people in it, 52% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
36% of Leming works in San Antonio
137 working residents, 36%, have their main job in San Antonio, 27 miles away. That’s far more as work in Leming itself. The commute map ↓
Few Leming workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 379 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily commute in and out of Leming
On a workday 379 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere.
About 330 people are in Leming on a workday afternoon, 52% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Leming work
Where Leming clocks in
36% of workers
12% of workers
6% 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 daily trip from Leming: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Leming workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 310 commuters (the 4% 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.
28% of the jobs in Leming make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Leming’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Leming
About 27% 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.
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 Leming: questions
What is the median household income in Leming?
$74,559 (±$41,964) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Leming?
6.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Leming?
27 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Leming work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Antonio (36%, 27 mi), Pleasanton (12%, 7 mi), Jourdanton (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Leming without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Leming, from the people who make the trip.
More of Leming
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.