Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church · Photo: 25or6to4 · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Shiner top those of 76% of U.S. towns
About one in five work in Shiner itself; outside it, Houston draws the most (9%, 110 miles). Below the poverty line: 5.7% of residents, next to 13.8% for Texas as a whole. For jobs and income Shiner is better than 62% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (B).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Shiner, in brief
Shiner’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Shiner is Houston, 110 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (88) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
38% 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 ↓
Shiner has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Shiner went from 572 in 2013 to 813 in 2023, +42%. 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 961 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Why Shiner gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Household income holds Shiner’s grade up ($99,299, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 13% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Shiner could be anywhere from C to A−.
The distance from Shiner to work
About 38% 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.
Jobs in Shiner: what the 813 are
813 jobs are based in Shiner.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shiner, 2013 → 2023: 572 → 813. 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 Shiner’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Shiner: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 792 residents head out to work, 169 work right here, and 644 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Shiner’s working residents head each day
Where Shiner clocks in
9% of workers
8% 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.
Shiner’s commute takes about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shiner workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 990 commuters (the 9% 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.
Shiner is a driving town
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.0% of 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 1,082 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). 1.9% of Shiner households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Shiner’s commuters take a bus or train.
Shiner next to U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900: 1,603rd of 5,404 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Southside Place TX | 1,916 | $163K | 5.0% | 5.4% | 2% | A+ |
| 24 | Shoreacres TX | 1,535 | $131K | 3.2% | 2.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,601 | Caledonia MN | 2,768 | $76K | 8.9% | 1.5% | 35% | B |
| 1,602 | Spring Grove PA | 2,520 | $77K | 9.6% | 4.0% | 5% | B |
| 1,603 | Shiner TX | 2,165 | $99K | 5.7% | 3.3% | 18% | B |
| 1,604 | Emmett Township MI | 2,515 | $97K | 3.1% | 4.6% | 2% | B |
| 1,605 | Woodland Township NJ | 1,581 | $139K | 20.3% | 3.5% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Shiner, 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 Shiner: questions
What is the median household income in Shiner?
$99,299 (±$18,869) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shiner?
5.7%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shiner?
20 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Shiner work?
18% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (9%, 110 mi), Yoakum (8%, 10 mi), Gonzales (5%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Shiner walkable?
Shiner is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 9.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Shiner without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Shiner, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shiner
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.