Household incomes in Scenic Oaks top those of 97% of U.S. towns
Scenic Oaks grades A for jobs and income and C− for walkability. 7.8% of residents are in poverty (Texas 13.8%). Home is the office for 23% of workers; Texas has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Scenic Oaks, in brief
Jobs in Scenic Oaks have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Scenic Oaks went from 352 in 2014 to 849 in 2024, +141%. The jobs ↓
More than half of Scenic Oaks works in San Antonio
2,554 working residents, 57%, have their main job in San Antonio, 19 miles away across the town line. That’s 29 times as many as work in Scenic Oaks itself. The commute map ↓
Scenic Oaks is a place people come home to
There are 849 jobs based in Scenic Oaks, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Scenic Oaks has about 7,000 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Scenic Oaks works from home
23% of Scenic Oaks workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Scenic Oaks’ Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Scenic Oaks is better than 93% of U.S. towns, #61 of 642 in Texas. Household income is its strongest input ($174,962, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Scenic Oaks could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
What the 849 jobs in Scenic Oaks are
849 jobs are based in Scenic Oaks.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Scenic Oaks, 2014 → 2024: 352 → 849. 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 Scenic Oaks’s own residents hold wherever they work.
57% of working residents work in San Antonio
Where Scenic Oaks clocks in
57% of workers
6% 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.
Who leaves Scenic Oaks for work, and who comes in
On a workday 4,344 residents head out to work, 110 work right here, and 739 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,000 people are in Scenic Oaks on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
0.19 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.
Commuting from Scenic Oaks: about 28 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Scenic Oaks workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,597 commuters (the 23% 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 far it is to work from Scenic Oaks
About 20% 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.
Driving is how Scenic Oaks gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Scenic Oaks is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns, #554 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 4,693 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Scenic Oaks households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Scenic Oaks’ commuters take a bus or train.
Scenic Oaks places 324th of 2,878 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Alamo Heights TX | 7,632 | $183K | 2.5% | 2.2% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Lucas TX | 8,896 | $221K | 1.3% | 2.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 322 | Delafield WI | 7,314 | $95K | 5.7% | 1.5% | 6% | A |
| 323 | Cape Elizabeth ME | 9,827 | $146K | 5.2% | 2.5% | 10% | A |
| 324 | Scenic Oaks TX | 10,569 | $175K | 7.8% | 2.5% | 2% | A |
| 325 | Danville IN | 13,415 | $97K | 3.5% | 2.1% | 15% | A |
| 326 | River Edge NJ | 12,159 | $159K | 4.4% | 4.7% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Scenic Oaks, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
57% of Scenic Oaks works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Scenic Oaks workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scenic Oaks | – | A | C− | 28 min | $174,962 |
| Cross Mountain | under 1% | A+ | B | 27 min | $205,164 |
| San Antonio | 57% | C+ | A | 25 min | $65,056 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to San Antonio. Darker towns draw more of Scenic Oaks’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 Scenic Oaks: questions
What is the median household income in Scenic Oaks?
$174,962 (±$38,393) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Scenic Oaks?
7.8%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Scenic Oaks?
28 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Scenic Oaks work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Antonio (57%, 19 mi), Boerne (6%, 7 mi), Austin (5%, 68 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Scenic Oaks walkable?
Scenic Oaks is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Scenic Oaks without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Scenic Oaks, from the people who make the trip.
More of Scenic Oaks
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.