Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0Premont’s household incomes are lower than in 90% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Premont is better than 2% of U.S. towns (D−); for walkability it is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (B−). Poverty touches 27.9% of residents, against 13.8% across Texas. Home is the office for 4% of workers (Texas 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Premont at work: what stands out
Premont’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Premont is Corpus Christi, 64 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (76) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
54% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Commutes from Premont are quick
The average trip to work takes 12 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 115 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 709 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Premont’s Jobs & income grade
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Premont’s grade.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Premont could be anywhere from D− to D.
How many miles Premont commutes
About 54% 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.
Commuting from Premont: about 12 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Premont workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 889 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.
Who works in Premont, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 621 residents head out to work, 88 work right here, and 562 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 (0.92 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.
11% of working residents work in Corpus Christi
Where Premont clocks in
11% of workers
7% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 42% of the jobs in Premont
650 jobs are based in Premont.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Premont, 2013 → 2023: 718 → 650. 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 Premont’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Premont is a driving town
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.6% of 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 923 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). 8.9% of Premont households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Premont’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Premont compares with U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,877 | Ruleville MS | 2,278 | $33K | 33.9% | 19.9% | 17% | D− |
| 4,878 | Eufaula OK | 2,882 | $37K | 29.3% | 2.8% | 23% | D− |
| 4,879 | Premont TX | 2,401 | $48K | 27.9% | 14.8% | 12% | D− |
| 4,880 | Brewster WA | 2,093 | $39K | 24.6% | 4.7% | 12% | D− |
| 4,881 | Warm Springs OR | 2,480 | $55K | 26.8% | 16.6% | 54% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Premont, 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 Premont: questions
What is the median household income in Premont?
$47,728 (±$5,926) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Premont?
27.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Premont?
12 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Premont work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Corpus Christi (11%, 64 mi), Falfurrias (7%, 9 mi), Alice (7%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Premont walkable?
Premont is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Premont without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Premont, from the people who make the trip.
More of Premont
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.