Work & commute · Alice

Work & commute in Alice, TX

About one in 3 of Alice’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Corpus Christi (13%), San Antonio (4%) and Houston (4%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37%

2,757 of 7,483 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,726 Alice residents head out of town to work, 2,757 work right here, and 6,541 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alice.

4,726live here, work elsewhere

2,757live and work here

6,541work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alice goes to work

Alice (in town)right here

37%2,757

Corpus Christi54.6 mi away

13%956

San Antonio121.2 mi away

4%292

Houston214.4 mi away

4%266

Kingsville21.1 mi away

2%156

Austin176.7 mi away

2%149

Laredo88.1 mi away

1%101

San Diego10.6 mi away

1%89

Victoria99.1 mi away

1%79

Robstown24.4 mi away

1%55

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%2,583

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

How far

How far Alice commutes

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

42%

19%

33%

42%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alice is balanced between jobs and homes

1.24jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Alice are

9,298 jobs are based in Alice. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alice’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Alice

9,298 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Alice residents hold

7,483 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−34%

Jobs based in Alice, 2013 → 2023: 14,124 → 9,298. 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.