For about two in three of its working residents, Potosi is a commute to Abilene
Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers, against 14% across Texas. For jobs and income Potosi is better than 85% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (C−). Household incomes here are higher than in 89% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Potosi: the figures worth knowing
More than half of Potosi works in Abilene
1,137 working residents, 65%, have their main job in Abilene, 8.8 miles away across the town line. That’s far more as work in Potosi itself. The commute map ↓
Potosi is a place people come home to
There are 109 jobs based in Potosi, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Potosi has about 2,700 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Potosi’s working residents have a job less than 9 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 30 minutes, longer than the Texas average of 27. Time on the road ↓
Few Potosi workers work from home
Only 3% 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Potosi’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Potosi’s grade up (2.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 49% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Potosi could be anywhere from B to A+.
Where the trip to work from Potosi ends
Where Potosi clocks in
65% of workers
2% 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.
A workday in Potosi: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,750 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 106 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Potosi on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.
0.06 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 2024, primary jobs.
Getting to work from Potosi takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Potosi workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,907 commuters (the 3% 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.
What work there is in Potosi: 109 jobs
109 jobs are based in Potosi.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Potosi, 2014 → 2024: 291 → 109. 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 Potosi’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Potosi, by distance
About 26% 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.
For most of Potosi, work means a drive
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,967 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). 0.0% of Potosi households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Potosi’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Potosi is 583rd among 4,039 U.S. towns of 3,000 to 5,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| 4 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 5 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 581 | Tuxedo NY | 3,735 | $130K | 7.7% | 2.6% | 8% | A |
| 582 | Madison Township OH | 3,444 | $87K | 6.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| 583 | Potosi TX | 4,322 | $122K | 2.5% | 3.3% | <1% | A |
| 584 | Fox River Grove IL | 4,881 | $122K | 3.7% | 5.8% | 3% | A |
| 585 | Ashland NE | 3,483 | $89K | 4.3% | 2.9% | 14% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,039 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Potosi, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
65% of Potosi works in a town next door
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Abilene. Darker towns draw more of Potosi’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 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 Potosi: questions
What is the median household income in Potosi?
$121,543 (±$5,949) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Potosi?
2.5%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Potosi?
30 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Potosi work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Abilene (65%, 9 mi), Austin (2%, 181 mi), Dallas (2%, 173 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Potosi walkable?
Potosi is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Potosi without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Potosi, from the people who make the trip.
More of Potosi
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.