Work & commute · Aransas Pass

Work & commute in Aransas Pass, TX

Most working residents leave Aransas Pass for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Corpus Christi (20%), Ingleside (9%) and Port Aransas (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

380 of 3,432 working residents

Typical commute

18 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 3,052 Aransas Pass residents head out of town to work, 380 work right here, and 1,907 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Aransas Pass.

3,052live here, work elsewhere

380live and work here

1,907work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Aransas Pass goes to work

Corpus Christi11.9 mi away

20%700

Aransas Pass (in town)right here

11%380

Ingleside7.1 mi away

9%320

Port Aransas6.6 mi away

6%219

Rockport9.7 mi away

5%179

San Antonio137.3 mi away

4%130

Houston165.7 mi away

4%128

Portland14.1 mi away

3%101

Austin169.3 mi away

2%72

Kingsville54.2 mi away

1%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%1,169

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

How far

How far Aransas Pass commutes

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

36%

30%

31%

36%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Aransas Pass is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Aransas Pass are

2,287 jobs are based in Aransas Pass. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Aransas Pass’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Aransas Pass

2,287 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Aransas Pass residents hold

3,432 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−16%

Jobs based in Aransas Pass, 2013 → 2023: 2,719 → 2,287. 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.