Fort Leaton · Photo: Carol M. Highsmith · Public domainPresidio’s household incomes are lower than in 96% of U.S. towns
Presidio grades D− for jobs and income and C for walkability. The poverty rate is 38.9% (Texas 13.8%). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (Texas 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Presidio, in a few figures
A big share show a job far from home
72% 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 ↓
Presidio’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Presidio is Odessa, 200 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (82) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Presidio than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Presidio fell from 1,040 in 2013 to 374 in 2023, −64%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
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 830 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Presidio’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Presidio is near the bottom of U.S. towns, #641 of 642 in Texas. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Presidio’s grade.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Presidio could be anywhere from D− to C+.
Presidio’s commute, mile by mile
About 72% 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.
What Presidio’s employers do
374 jobs are based in Presidio.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Presidio, 2013 → 2023: 1,040 → 374. 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 Presidio’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Presidio
On a workday 695 residents head out to work, 135 work right here, and 239 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Presidio on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.45 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.
10% of working residents work in Odessa
Where Presidio clocks in
10% of workers
9% 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.
Presidio’s commute takes about 12 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Presidio workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 952 commuters (the 0% 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.
In Presidio, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Presidio is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns, #478 of 642 in Texas. 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 952 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). 3.9% of Presidio households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Presidio’s commuters take a bus or train.
Presidio and other U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,900
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,870 | Bayard NM | 2,048 | $34K | 34.6% | 12.8% | 11% | D− |
| 4,871 | Plymouth NC | 3,170 | $35K | 29.9% | 26.4% | 20% | D− |
| 4,872 | Presidio TX | 2,909 | $41K | 38.9% | 10.2% | 16% | D− |
| 4,873 | Beattyville KY | 2,114 | $23K | 42.2% | 14.5% | 26% | D− |
| 4,874 | Jal NM | 2,178 | — | 32.0% | 18.8% | 44% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,882 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Presidio, 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 Presidio: questions
What is the median household income in Presidio?
$40,800 (±$28,796) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Presidio?
38.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Presidio?
12 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Presidio work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Odessa (10%, 200 mi), Marfa (9%, 56 mi), Alpine (7%, 70 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Presidio walkable?
Presidio is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Presidio without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Presidio, from the people who make the trip.
More of Presidio
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.