Household incomes in Poteet trail those of 89% of U.S. towns
About one in ten work in Poteet itself; outside it, San Antonio draws the most (35%, 30 miles). Poverty touches 17.0% of residents, against 13.8% across Texas. For jobs and income Poteet is better than 22% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (B+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Poteet: the gist
One in three of Poteet works in San Antonio
326 working residents, 35%, have their main job in San Antonio, 30 miles away. That’s 4 times as many as work in Poteet itself. The commute map ↓
Poteet has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Poteet went from 403 in 2013 to 656 in 2023, +63%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Poteet are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 54 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 944 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Poteet’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
Job access by car holds Poteet’s grade up (ahead of 66% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($48,750, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Poteet could be anywhere from D to A−.
Where people from Poteet work
Where Poteet clocks in
35% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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.
Inside Poteet’s 656 jobs
656 jobs are based in Poteet.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Poteet, 2013 → 2023: 403 → 656. 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 Poteet’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of Texas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Poteet workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,086 commuters (the 10% 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 Poteet
On a workday 866 residents head out to work, 78 work right here, and 578 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Poteet on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.69 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Poteet
About 28% 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.
For most of Poteet, work means a drive
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.0% across Texas, on an EPA index of 6.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,206 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). 13.4% of Poteet households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Poteet’s commuters take a bus or train.
3,689th of 4,771: where Poteet ranks among U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,687 | Graceville FL | 2,217 | $42K | 21.8% | 0.7% | 10% | C− |
| 3,688 | Freeland PA | 3,811 | $58K | 24.0% | 5.2% | 4% | C− |
| 3,689 | Poteet TX | 3,010 | $49K | 17.0% | 6.4% | 8% | C− |
| 3,690 | Six Mile Township IL | 3,450 | $56K | 10.2% | 8.0% | 8% | C− |
| 3,691 | Sharpes FL | 2,840 | $70K | 22.4% | 6.2% | 2% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,771 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Poteet, 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 Poteet: questions
What is the median household income in Poteet?
$48,750 (±$19,547) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Poteet?
17.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Poteet?
20 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Poteet work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Antonio (35%, 30 mi), Pleasanton (7%, 7 mi), Austin (5%, 100 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Poteet walkable?
Poteet is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Poteet without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Poteet, from the people who make the trip.
More of Poteet
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.