Work & commute · Crystal

Work & commute in Crystal, TX

About one in 4 of Crystal’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are San Antonio (16%), Carrizo Springs (9%) and Eagle Pass (4%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

743 of 2,609 working residents

Typical commute

38 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 1,866 Crystal residents head out of town to work, 743 work right here, and 1,070 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crystal.

1,866live here, work elsewhere

743live and work here

1,070work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Crystal goes to work

Crystal City (in town)right here

28%743

San Antonio95 mi away

16%406

Carrizo Springs11.6 mi away

9%235

Eagle Pass39.3 mi away

4%104

Uvalde36.4 mi away

3%69

Laredo80.8 mi away

3%67

Austin167 mi away

2%49

Houston278.1 mi away

2%45

Del Rio79.3 mi away

1%39

La Pryor17.9 mi away

1%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%818

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

How far

How far Crystal commutes

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

33%

14%

10%

43%

33%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Crystal is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Crystal are

1,813 jobs are based in Crystal. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Crystal’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Crystal

1,813 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Crystal residents hold

2,609 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+18%

Jobs based in Crystal, 2013 → 2023: 1,541 → 1,813. 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.