Work & commute · Freer

Work & commute in Freer, TX

Most working residents leave Freer for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Corpus Christi (9%), Alice (7%) and Houston (5%). Half commute less than 71 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

89 of 675 working residents

Typical commute

71 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 586 Freer residents head out of town to work, 89 work right here, and 411 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Freer.

586live here, work elsewhere

89live and work here

411work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Freer goes to work

Freer (in town)right here

13%89

Corpus Christi88.7 mi away

9%61

Alice34.8 mi away

7%49

Houston235.5 mi away

5%31

San Antonio109.4 mi away

4%30

San Diego24.6 mi away

4%25

Laredo57.8 mi away

2%15

Austin174.9 mi away

2%12

McAllen116.8 mi away

2%12

Victoria118.8 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%340

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

How far

How far Freer commutes

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

19%

13%

61%

19%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

61%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Freer is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Freer are

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

Jobs based in Freer

500 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Freer residents hold

675 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−50%

Jobs based in Freer, 2013 → 2023: 992 → 500. 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.