Work & commute · Corpus Christi

Work & commute in Corpus Christi, TX

61% of Corpus Christi’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Houston (4%), San Antonio (4%) and Austin (2%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

61%

76,325 of 124,580 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 48,255 Corpus Christi residents head out of town to work, 76,325 work right here, and 47,680 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Corpus Christi.

48,255live here, work elsewhere

76,325live and work here

47,680work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Corpus Christi goes to work

Corpus Christi (in town)right here

61%76,325

Houston177.1 mi away

4%5,023

San Antonio143.7 mi away

4%4,873

Austin179.3 mi away

2%2,289

Ingleside8.3 mi away

1%1,391

Portland13.4 mi away

1%1,265

Port Aransas6.9 mi away

1%932

Alice54.6 mi away

1%931

Robstown30.4 mi away

1%833

Laredo142.4 mi away

1%819

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%29,899

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

How far

How far Corpus Christi commutes

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

54%

15%

27%

54%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Corpus Christi is balanced between jobs and homes

1.00jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Corpus Christi are

124,005 jobs are based in Corpus Christi. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Corpus Christi’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Corpus Christi

124,005 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Corpus Christi residents hold

124,580 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−3%

Jobs based in Corpus Christi, 2013 → 2023: 127,635 → 124,005. 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.