Work & commute · Eagle Pass

Work & commute in Eagle Pass, TX

About one in 3 of Eagle Pass’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are San Antonio (12%), Eidson Road (11%) and Rosita (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

3,631 of 11,063 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 7,432 Eagle Pass residents head out of town to work, 3,631 work right here, and 5,582 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eagle Pass.

7,432live here, work elsewhere

3,631live and work here

5,582work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eagle Pass goes to work

Eagle Pass (in town)right here

33%3,631

San Antonio129.1 mi away

12%1,290

Eidson Road2 mi away

11%1,238

Rosita6 mi away

5%531

Del Rio52.5 mi away

3%372

Laredo99.1 mi away

3%349

Austin197.4 mi away

2%201

Uvalde55.2 mi away

2%170

Houston315.7 mi away

1%126

McAllen219 mi away

1%94

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%3,061

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

How far

How far Eagle Pass commutes

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

54%

43%

54%Under 10 mi

0%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eagle Pass is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Eagle Pass are

9,213 jobs are based in Eagle Pass. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Eagle Pass’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Eagle Pass

9,213 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Eagle Pass residents hold

11,063 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+20%

Jobs based in Eagle Pass, 2013 → 2023: 7,689 → 9,213. 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.