Von Ormy has lower household incomes than 97% of U.S. towns
23.5% of residents are in poverty (Texas 13.8%). For jobs and income Von Ormy is better than 22% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (D). Home is the office for 8% of workers; Texas has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Von Ormy stands out on work
Von Ormy’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
Job access by car holds Von Ormy’s grade up (ahead of 78% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($38,869, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (5.4%) is left out: Von Ormy’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Von Ormy could be anywhere from C− to B−.
54% of working residents work in San Antonio
Where Von Ormy clocks in
54% 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.
How a workday changes Von Ormy
On a workday 393 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 185 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Von Ormy on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.48 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.
Making and building: 53% of jobs based in Von Ormy
189 jobs are based in Von Ormy.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Von Ormy, 2013 → 2023: 107 → 189. 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 Von Ormy’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Von Ormy: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Von Ormy workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 437 commuters (the 8% 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 many miles Von Ormy commutes
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.
Few in Von Ormy walk, bike or ride to 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 473 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). 2.5% of Von Ormy households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Von Ormy’s commuters take a bus or train.
Von Ormy places 3,218th of 4,866 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 27 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,216 | Cleora OK | 1,477 | $82K | 14.5% | 6.0% | 3% | C− |
| 3,217 | Albany OH | 1,001 | $52K | 9.3% | 1.4% | 5% | C− |
| 3,218 | Von Ormy TX | 1,241 | $39K | 23.5% | 5.4% | 1% | C− |
| 3,219 | Pembroke VA | 1,139 | $58K | 9.1% | 1.7% | 2% | C− |
| 3,220 | Grant Township IN | 1,095 | $84K | 20.7% | 0.6% | 7% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Von Ormy, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Bordering towns draw 54% of Von Ormy’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Von Ormy workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Von Ormy | – | C− | D | 25 min | $38,869 |
| San Antonio | 54% | 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 Von Ormy’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 Von Ormy: questions
What is the median household income in Von Ormy?
$38,869 (±$18,710) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Von Ormy?
23.5%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Von Ormy?
25 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Von Ormy work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Antonio (54%, 15 mi), Austin (5%, 89 mi), Somerset (3%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Von Ormy walkable?
Von Ormy is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Von Ormy without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Von Ormy, from the people who make the trip.
More of Von Ormy
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.