A job hub: Quintana has 41.8 jobs per working resident, and 418 people come in to work
Hardly any stay in Quintana for work; outside it, Oyster Creek is the main destination (20%, 6 miles). 418 jobs are based in Quintana; 10 of its residents have a job. 0% of workers work from home (Texas 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Quintana
On a workday 10 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 430 people are in Quintana on a workday afternoon, 1632% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Who travels to work in Quintana, and from where
Where Quintana clocks in
20% 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.
93% of the jobs in Quintana pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Quintana, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 418. 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 Quintana’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Quintana
of Quintana workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 13 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Quintana
About 50% 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.
The towns next door employ 10% of Quintana
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Freeport. Darker towns draw more of Quintana’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 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 Quintana: questions
What is the median household income in Quintana?
$156,667 (±$18,428) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Quintana?
0.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Quintana work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oyster Creek (20%, 6 mi), Austin (20%, 174 mi), Freeport (10%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Quintana 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 Quintana, from the people who make the trip.
More of Quintana
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.