Work & commute · Encinal

Work & commute in Encinal, TX

Most working residents leave Encinal for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Cotulla (19%), San Antonio (13%) and Eagle Pass (4%). Half commute less than 83 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 142 working residents

Typical commute

83 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 136 Encinal residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 130 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Encinal.

136live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

130work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Encinal goes to work

Cotulla28.3 mi away

19%27

San Antonio110.4 mi away

13%19

Encinal (in town)right here

4%6

Eagle Pass82.1 mi away

4%5

Laredo34.2 mi away

4%5

Houston268.4 mi away

3%4

Austin183.5 mi away

2%3

McAllen142.8 mi away

2%3

Leon Valley110.1 mi away

1%2

Crystal City53.3 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%66

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

How far

How far Encinal commutes

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

34%

56%

5%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

56%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Encinal is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Encinal are

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

Jobs based in Encinal

136 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities68%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month53%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Encinal residents hold

142 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+51%

Jobs based in Encinal, 2013 → 2023: 90 → 136. 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.