Household incomes in Olmos Park top those of 97% of U.S. towns
Only 3% work in Olmos Park itself; outside it, San Antonio draws the most (66%, 2 miles). Poverty touches 4.1% of residents (Texas 13.8%). The two grades for Olmos Park are A− for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Olmos Park: the gist
More than half of Olmos Park works in San Antonio
582 working residents, 66%, have their main job in San Antonio, 2.4 miles away. That’s 22 times as many as work in Olmos Park itself. The commute map ↓
Most Olmos Park residents work close to home
68% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Commutes from Olmos Park are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas 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 888 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Olmos Park: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Olmos Park is better than 82% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Olmos Park’s grade up ($176,500, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (10.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Olmos Park could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
The places Olmos Park commutes to
Where Olmos Park clocks in
66% of workers
5% of workers
3% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Olmos Park
About 20% 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.
About 18 minutes to work from Olmos Park
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Olmos Park workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 769 commuters (the 20% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Olmos Park
On a workday 860 residents head out to work, 28 work right here, and 814 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What Olmos Park’s employers do
842 jobs are based in Olmos Park.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Olmos Park, 2013 → 2023: 948 → 842. 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 Olmos Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute in Olmos Park is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Olmos Park is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 962 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 2.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 73% 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). 0.6% of Olmos Park households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Olmos Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Olmos Park is 658th among 5,404 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Southside Place TX | 1,916 | $163K | 5.0% | 5.4% | 2% | A+ |
| 24 | Shoreacres TX | 1,535 | $131K | 3.2% | 2.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 656 | Peosta IA | 2,225 | $121K | 2.9% | 4.1% | 6% | A− |
| 657 | Walton Hills OH | 1,991 | $106K | 7.8% | 4.1% | 3% | A− |
| 658 | Olmos Park TX | 2,180 | $177K | 4.1% | 10.0% | 3% | A− |
| 659 | Dalton Gardens ID | 2,496 | $80K | 4.6% | 1.1% | 8% | A− |
| 660 | Hanna Township IL | 2,337 | $111K | 6.6% | 2.2% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | 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 Olmos Park, 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.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Olmos Park: questions
What is the median household income in Olmos Park?
$176,500 (±$65,985) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Olmos Park?
4.1%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Olmos Park?
18 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Olmos Park work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Antonio (66%, 2 mi), Austin (5%, 72 mi), Alamo Heights (3%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Olmos Park walkable?
Olmos Park is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 15.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Olmos Park without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Olmos Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Olmos Park
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.