Work & commute · Ben Bolt

Work & commute in Ben Bolt, TX

Most working residents leave Ben Bolt for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Alice (32%), Corpus Christi (12%) and San Antonio (4%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 564 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 555 Ben Bolt residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 192 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ben Bolt.

555live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

192work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ben Bolt goes to work

Alice6.5 mi away

32%179

Corpus Christi56.8 mi away

12%65

San Antonio126.8 mi away

4%20

Houston219.9 mi away

3%18

San Diego10.9 mi away

3%15

Austin183.1 mi away

2%14

Laredo85.6 mi away

2%11

Kingsville18 mi away

2%10

Ben Bolt (in town)right here

2%9

Premont21.3 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%216

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

How far

How far Ben Bolt commutes

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

38%

10%

16%

36%

38%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ben Bolt is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ben Bolt are

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

Jobs based in Ben Bolt

201 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Ben Bolt residents hold

564 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+91%

Jobs based in Ben Bolt, 2013 → 2023: 105 → 201. 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.