Work & commute · Driscoll

Work & commute in Driscoll, TX

Most working residents leave Driscoll for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Corpus Christi (35%), Kingsville (8%) and Houston (7%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 225 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 224 Driscoll residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 134 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Driscoll.

224live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

134work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Driscoll goes to work

Corpus Christi35.8 mi away

35%78

Kingsville13.2 mi away

8%18

Houston204.4 mi away

7%15

San Antonio132.3 mi away

4%9

Robstown9.7 mi away

4%8

Bishop6.7 mi away

2%4

Alice20.1 mi away

2%4

Austin181.4 mi away

2%4

McAllen104.6 mi away

2%4

Petronila7.3 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%78

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

How far

How far Driscoll commutes

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

49%

36%

9%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Driscoll is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Driscoll are

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

Jobs based in Driscoll

135 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities66%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Driscoll residents hold

225 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−22%

Jobs based in Driscoll, 2013 → 2023: 172 → 135. 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.