Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Yorktown has lower household incomes than 75% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 1% of workers (Texas 14%). 20.2% of residents live below the poverty line; Texas has 13.8%. The two grades for Yorktown are D for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Yorktown: the figures worth knowing
A big share show a job far from home
52% 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 ↓
Yorktown workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 41 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 314 hours of commuting, 107 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Yorktown workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 653 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Yorktown
On income, poverty and job access, Yorktown is better than 7% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Yorktown’s grade up ($59,063, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 7% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (7.9%) is left out: Yorktown’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, Yorktown could be anywhere from D− to C.
How far Yorktown goes to work
About 52% 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.
About 41 minutes each way, longer than most of Texas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Yorktown workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 597 commuters (the 1% 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 a workday changes Yorktown
On a workday 615 residents head out to work, 38 work right here, and 363 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Yorktown on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.61 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.
13% of working residents work in Cuero
Where Yorktown clocks in
13% of workers
13% of workers
6% 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.
What work there is in Yorktown: 401 jobs
401 jobs are based in Yorktown.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Yorktown, 2013 → 2023: 393 → 401. 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 Yorktown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting around Yorktown: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Yorktown is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Yorktown near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 605 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). 1.3% of Yorktown households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Yorktown’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Yorktown ranks: 5,410th of 6,085 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,408 | Standish MI | 1,449 | $35K | 20.1% | 8.5% | 16% | D |
| 5,409 | Rock Port MO | 1,246 | $46K | 13.7% | 1.0% | 28% | D |
| 5,410 | Yorktown TX | 1,780 | $59K | 20.2% | 7.9% | 6% | D |
| 5,411 | Clintwood VA | 1,297 | $52K | 16.8% | 2.3% | 22% | D |
| 5,412 | Comins Township MI | 1,982 | $53K | 14.2% | 1.6% | 20% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Yorktown, 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 Yorktown: questions
What is the median household income in Yorktown?
$59,063 (±$26,440) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Yorktown?
20.2%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Yorktown?
41 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Yorktown work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cuero (13%, 16 mi), San Antonio (13%, 70 mi), Victoria (6%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Yorktown walkable?
Yorktown is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Yorktown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Yorktown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Yorktown
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.