Work & commute · Poteet

Work & commute in Poteet, TX

Most working residents leave Poteet for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are San Antonio (35%), Pleasanton (7%) and Austin (5%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

78 of 944 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 866 Poteet residents head out of town to work, 78 work right here, and 578 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Poteet.

866live here, work elsewhere

78live and work here

578work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Poteet goes to work

San Antonio29.5 mi away

35%326

Poteet (in town)right here

8%78

Pleasanton6.8 mi away

7%62

Austin100 mi away

5%44

Jourdanton8.8 mi away

5%43

Houston198.4 mi away

2%22

Corpus Christi122.8 mi away

1%13

San Marcos69.2 mi away

1%8

Victoria97 mi away

1%8

New Braunfels53.3 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%334

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Poteet commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

25%

14%

33%

28%

25%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Poteet is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.69 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Poteet are

656 jobs are based in Poteet. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Poteet’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Poteet

656 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Poteet residents hold

944 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+63%

Jobs based in Poteet, 2013 → 2023: 403 → 656. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.