Work & commute · Cotulla

Work & commute in Cotulla, TX

About one in 3 of Cotulla’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are San Antonio (13%), Laredo (3%) and Del Rio (3%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

412 of 1,335 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 923 Cotulla residents head out of town to work, 412 work right here, and 812 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cotulla.

923live here, work elsewhere

412live and work here

812work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cotulla goes to work

Cotulla (in town)right here

31%412

San Antonio83 mi away

13%169

Laredo62.5 mi away

3%44

Del Rio118.7 mi away

3%36

Austin156.6 mi away

2%31

Eagle Pass77.4 mi away

2%28

Pearsall32.7 mi away

2%26

Encinal28.3 mi away

2%23

Dilley16.4 mi away

2%22

Uvalde63 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%528

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

How far

How far Cotulla commutes

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

36%

48%

36%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

48%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cotulla is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cotulla are

1,224 jobs are based in Cotulla. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cotulla’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cotulla

1,224 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Cotulla residents hold

1,335 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+20%

Jobs based in Cotulla, 2013 → 2023: 1,023 → 1,224. 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.