Shavano Park’s household incomes are higher than in 97% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Shavano Park is among the top U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (B−). 2.3% of residents live below the poverty line, against 13.8% across Texas. At home: 27% of workers have no commute at all (Texas 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Shavano Park
More than half of Shavano Park works in San Antonio
970 working residents, 67%, have their main job in San Antonio, 8.6 miles away. That’s 34 times as many as work in Shavano Park itself. The commute map ↓
Jobs in Shavano Park have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Shavano Park went from 1,181 in 2014 to 3,748 in 2024, +217%. The jobs ↓
Shavano Park is where the jobs are
Shavano Park has 3,748 jobs, 2.6 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 6,200 people are in town, 59% more than the 3,900 who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Shavano Park works from home
27% of Shavano Park workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Shavano Park are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 61 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 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.
The four measures behind Shavano Park’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Shavano Park is among the top U.S. towns, #20 of 642 in Texas. Household income is its strongest input ($164,583, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (2.6%, U.S. 5.2%). 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, Shavano Park could be anywhere from A− to A+.
The daily trip into Shavano Park
Where Shavano Park clocks in
67% 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.
Most jobs in Shavano Park are in services
3,748 jobs are based in Shavano Park.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shavano Park, 2014 → 2024: 1,181 → 3,748. 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 Shavano Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Shavano Park on a workday
On a workday 1,427 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 3,723 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,200 people are in Shavano Park on a workday afternoon, 59% more than live here.
2.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
About 19 minutes each way for Shavano Park’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shavano Park workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,114 commuters (the 27% 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 Shavano Park’s workers travel
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.
In Shavano Park, the car does most of the work
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 1,522 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 77% 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 Shavano Park households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Shavano Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,264 U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,200, Shavano Park comes 56th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| 4 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | Gambrills MD | 2,830 | $149K | 3.4% | 1.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 55 | Forest Hills TN | 4,473 | $250K | 6.7% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 56 | Shavano Park TX | 3,861 | $165K | 2.3% | 2.6% | 2% | A+ |
| 57 | Bristol WI | 4,347 | $141K | 1.2% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| 58 | Brookmont MD | 3,671 | $247K | 2.8% | 3.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,264 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Shavano Park, 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 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 Shavano Park: questions
What is the median household income in Shavano Park?
$164,583 (±$53,588) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shavano Park?
2.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shavano Park?
19 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Shavano Park work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Antonio (67%, 9 mi), Austin (5%, 69 mi), Leon Valley (2%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Shavano Park walkable?
Shavano Park is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 12.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Shavano Park 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 Shavano Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shavano Park
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.