Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Santo commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Santo has 9 jobs, against 103 working residents. Hardly any stay in Santo for work; outside it, Mineral Wells is the main destination (13%, 17 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all; Texas has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Santo
On a workday 102 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 330 people are in Santo on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer 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.
The towns that employ Santo’s residents
Where Santo clocks in
13% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Santo
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Santo, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 9. 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 Santo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Santo
of Santo workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 185 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.
How many miles Santo commutes
About 36% 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 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 Santo: questions
What is the median household income in Santo?
$104,107 (±$9,717) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Santo?
0.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Santo work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mineral Wells (13%, 17 mi), Weatherford (5%, 28 mi), Dallas (4%, 85 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Santo 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 Santo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Santo
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.