Work & commute · Agua Dulce

Work & commute in Agua Dulce, TX

Most working residents leave Agua Dulce for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are El Paso (62%), Horizon City (7%) and Socorro (2%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 1,166 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,156 Agua Dulce residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 132 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Agua Dulce.

1,156live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

132work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Agua Dulce goes to work

El Paso21.8 mi away

62%726

Horizon City3.6 mi away

7%86

Socorro7.2 mi away

2%26

San Antonio477.4 mi away

2%22

Fabens9.5 mi away

1%12

Agua Dulce (in town)right here

1%10

Fort Bliss18.9 mi away

1%9

Houston651 mi away

1%8

Canutillo32.8 mi away

1%8

San Elizario9.1 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%252

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

How far

How far Agua Dulce commutes

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

26%

57%

12%

26%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Agua Dulce is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Agua Dulce are

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

Jobs based in Agua Dulce

142 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities81%

Services (health, schools, offices…)1%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Agua Dulce residents hold

1,166 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month36%

+735%

Jobs based in Agua Dulce, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 142. 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.