Households in St. Hedwig have higher incomes than those in 95% of U.S. towns
3.3% of residents are in poverty, where Texas as a whole has 13.8%. The two grades for St. Hedwig are A+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. 7% of workers work from home (Texas 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from St. Hedwig, in brief
More than half of St. Hedwig works in San Antonio
617 working residents, 53%, have their main job in San Antonio, 19 miles away. That’s 53 times as many as work in St. Hedwig itself. The commute map ↓
St. Hedwig is a place people come home to
There are 286 jobs based in St. Hedwig, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday St. Hedwig has about 1,500 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: St. Hedwig’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, St. Hedwig is better than 98% of U.S. towns. Household income is its strongest input ($147,390, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 80% of 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, St. Hedwig could be anywhere from A− to A+.
53% of working residents work in San Antonio
Where St. Hedwig clocks in
53% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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.
The daily commute in and out of St. Hedwig
On a workday 1,146 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 269 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in St. Hedwig on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.
0.25 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 2023, primary jobs.
In St. Hedwig, 53% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
286 jobs are based in St. Hedwig.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Hedwig, 2013 → 2023: 140 → 286. 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 St. Hedwig’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from St. Hedwig: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Hedwig workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,079 commuters (the 7% 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.
St. Hedwig’s commute, mile by mile
About 18% 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 commute in St. Hedwig is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, St. Hedwig is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.0% across Texas, on an EPA index of 4.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,155 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). 3.0% of St. Hedwig households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of St. Hedwig’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, St. Hedwig is 100th among 4,995 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Southside Place TX | 1,916 | $163K | 5.0% | 5.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Bartonville TX | 1,937 | $149K | 4.3% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 98 | Myersville MD | 1,885 | $150K | 3.7% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 99 | Lake Success NY | 2,849 | $244K | 4.4% | 3.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 100 | St. Hedwig TX | 2,404 | $147K | 3.3% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 101 | Springdale Township SD | 2,229 | $151K | 1.3% | 0.2% | 1% | A+ |
| 102 | Cathcart WA | 2,064 | $130K | 3.2% | 1.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | 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 St. Hedwig, 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 St. Hedwig: questions
What is the median household income in St. Hedwig?
$147,390 (±$15,316) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. Hedwig?
3.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Hedwig?
31 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Hedwig work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Antonio (53%, 19 mi), Schertz (4%, 10 mi), Austin (4%, 66 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is St. Hedwig walkable?
St. Hedwig is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around St. Hedwig without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from St. Hedwig, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Hedwig
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.