McQueeney has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For jobs and income McQueeney is better than 56% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (C+). Employers in McQueeney report 536 jobs, against 1,083 working residents. Measured by household income, McQueeney is ahead of 75% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in McQueeney: the gist
Home offices are common in McQueeney
31% of McQueeney workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Time on the road ↓
McQueeney’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside McQueeney is San Antonio, 30 miles away as the crow flies. 23% of working residents (249) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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.
McQueeney’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
Household income holds McQueeney’s grade up ($97,739, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, McQueeney could be anywhere from C− to A.
Time on the road from McQueeney: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of McQueeney workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 765 commuters (the 31% 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.
How far McQueeney’s workers travel
About 22% 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.
A workday in McQueeney: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,064 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 517 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in McQueeney on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
23% of working residents work in San Antonio
Where McQueeney clocks in
23% of workers
14% 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.
In McQueeney, 31% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in McQueeney, 2013 → 2023: 399 → 536. 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 McQueeney’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In McQueeney, most people drive to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.0% across Texas, on an EPA index of 5.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,104 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). 1.8% of McQueeney households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of McQueeney’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,995 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200, McQueeney comes 1,888th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Southside Place TX | 1,916 | $163K | 5.0% | 5.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Bartonville TX | 1,937 | $149K | 4.3% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,886 | Ferdinand IN | 2,247 | $70K | 11.0% | 0.5% | 23% | B |
| 1,887 | Potterville MI | 3,135 | $65K | 11.4% | 3.0% | 4% | B |
| 1,888 | McQueeney TX | 2,392 | $98K | 13.0% | 5.4% | 2% | B |
| 1,889 | St. Marys WV | 1,746 | $64K | 6.7% | 1.6% | 18% | B |
| 1,890 | Thornton NH | 2,895 | $90K | 9.2% | 1.3% | 6% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 McQueeney, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
11% of McQueeney works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Seguin. Darker towns draw more of McQueeney’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 McQueeney: questions
What is the median household income in McQueeney?
$97,739 (±$41,245) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in McQueeney?
13.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from McQueeney?
29 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 31% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in McQueeney work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Antonio (23%, 30 mi), New Braunfels (14%, 8 mi), Seguin (11%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is McQueeney walkable?
McQueeney is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around McQueeney 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 McQueeney, from the people who make the trip.
More of McQueeney
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.