Work & commute · Indian Lake

Work & commute in Indian Lake, TX

Most working residents leave Indian Lake for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Brownsville (20%), Harlingen (18%) and Los Fresnos (8%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 299 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 297 Indian Lake residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Indian Lake.

297live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

19work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Indian Lake goes to work

Brownsville6.9 mi away

20%60

Harlingen14 mi away

18%54

Los Fresnos1.3 mi away

8%24

San Benito9.2 mi away

5%15

South Padre Island20.7 mi away

5%14

McAllen47 mi away

3%10

Weslaco30.5 mi away

3%8

San Antonio241.4 mi away

2%7

Corpus Christi116.9 mi away

2%6

Houston286.2 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%95

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

How far

How far Indian Lake commutes

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

25%

44%

11%

20%

25%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Indian Lake is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Indian Lake are

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

Jobs based in Indian Lake

21 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Indian Lake residents hold

299 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month41%

+250%

Jobs based in Indian Lake, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 21. 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.