Most of Yancey commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Yancey report 18 jobs, and 149 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Yancey itself; outside it, San Antonio draws the most (31%, 43 miles). At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (Texas 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Yancey
On a workday 149 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Yancey on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.
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 Yancey’s working residents head each day
Where Yancey clocks in
31% of workers
20% 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.
In Yancey, 33% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Yancey, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 18. 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 Yancey’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Yancey
of Yancey workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 12 commuters (the 0% 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.
The distance from Yancey to work
About 32% 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.
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 Yancey: questions
What is the poverty rate in Yancey?
0.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Yancey work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Antonio (31%, 43 mi), Hondo (20%, 15 mi), Kerrville (5%, 62 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Yancey without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Yancey, from the people who make the trip.
More of Yancey
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.