Work & commute · George West

Work & commute in George West, TX

Most working residents leave George West for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Corpus Christi (14%), Three Rivers (5%) and Houston (5%). Half commute less than 53 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

147 of 850 working residents

Typical commute

53 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 703 George West residents head out of town to work, 147 work right here, and 480 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in George West.

703live here, work elsewhere

147live and work here

480work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where George West goes to work

George West (in town)right here

17%147

Corpus Christi70 mi away

14%116

Three Rivers10.1 mi away

5%40

Houston193.1 mi away

5%40

Beeville23.1 mi away

4%36

San Antonio82 mi away

3%24

Austin137.8 mi away

2%17

Victoria76.9 mi away

2%14

Alice39.8 mi away

1%12

Laredo99.1 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%394

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

How far

How far George West commutes

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

25%

13%

10%

52%

25%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

52%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

George West 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 George West are

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

Jobs based in George West

627 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs George West residents hold

850 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−64%

Jobs based in George West, 2013 → 2023: 1,766 → 627. 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.