Terrell Hills has higher household incomes than 98% of U.S. towns
Terrell Hills grades A for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Poverty touches 6.9% of residents (Texas 13.8%). Only 2% stay in Terrell Hills for work; outside it, San Antonio is the main destination (61%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Terrell Hills stands out on work
More than half of Terrell Hills works in San Antonio
1,120 working residents, 61%, have their main job in San Antonio, 4.8 miles away. That’s 31 times as many as work in Terrell Hills itself. The commute map ↓
Terrell Hills trades workers with the towns around it
Terrell Hills has about as many jobs (2,106) as working residents (1,829), but they are mostly different people: 1,784 residents leave for work each day while 2,061 people come in. Only 2% of the jobs in Terrell Hills are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Nearly all the work in Terrell Hills is services
95% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 1% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Terrell Hills
73% of Terrell Hills residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 50% of the jobs based in Terrell Hills pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Most Terrell Hills residents work close to home
62% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
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.
The figures behind Terrell Hills’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Terrell Hills is better than 89% of U.S. towns, #91 of 642 in Texas. Household income holds Terrell Hills’ grade up ($186,400, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Terrell Hills could be anywhere from B to A+.
Where Terrell Hills’ working residents head each day
Where Terrell Hills clocks in
61% of workers
5% 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 Terrell Hills
On a workday 1,784 residents head out to work, 45 work right here, and 2,061 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 (1.15 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.
Services make up most of the work in Terrell Hills
2,106 jobs are based in Terrell Hills.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Terrell Hills, 2013 → 2023: 1,576 → 2,106. 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 Terrell Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Terrell Hills works
About 22% 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.
How long Terrell Hills spends getting to work: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Terrell Hills workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,825 commuters (the 19% 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.
In Terrell Hills, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Terrell Hills is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns, #128 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.5% 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 2,248 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 79% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 23% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 7.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 90% 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). 0.5% of Terrell Hills households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Terrell Hills’ commuters take a bus or train.
How Terrell Hills ranks: 444th of 3,524 U.S. towns of 3,700 to 7,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 7 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Hickory Creek TX | 6,875 | $149K | 2.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 442 | Geneva WI | 5,443 | $96K | 3.5% | 2.3% | 5% | A |
| 443 | Royal Pines NC | 4,325 | $108K | 1.5% | 3.2% | 1% | A |
| 444 | Terrell Hills TX | 5,215 | $186K | 6.9% | 4.3% | 2% | A |
| 445 | Saline Township IL | 6,859 | $106K | 3.8% | 2.7% | 11% | A |
| 446 | Boonton Township NJ | 4,432 | $192K | 1.1% | 7.3% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,524 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Terrell Hills, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
How Terrell Hills compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Alamo Heights (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Terrell Hills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrell Hills | – | A | B+ | 22 min | $186,400 |
| Alamo Heights | 4% | A+ | B+ | 19 min | $183,088 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Terrell Hills’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 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 Terrell Hills: questions
What is the median household income in Terrell Hills?
$186,400 (±$67,383) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Terrell Hills?
6.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Terrell Hills?
22 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Terrell Hills work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Antonio (61%, 5 mi), Austin (5%, 70 mi), Alamo Heights (4%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Terrell Hills walkable?
Terrell Hills is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 11.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Terrell Hills without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 23% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Terrell Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Terrell Hills
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.