Work & commute · Inez

Work & commute in Inez, TX

Most working residents leave Inez for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Victoria (33%), Houston (7%) and Point Comfort (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 1,147 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,131 Inez residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 122 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Inez.

1,131live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

122work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Inez goes to work

Victoria12.3 mi away

33%374

Houston105.3 mi away

7%78

Point Comfort20.2 mi away

6%70

San Antonio112.2 mi away

3%32

Austin114 mi away

3%29

Vanderbilt11.6 mi away

2%26

Corpus Christi80.9 mi away

2%21

Port Lavaca20.4 mi away

1%17

Inez (in town)right here

1%16

Edna11 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%470

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

How far

How far Inez commutes

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

12%

43%

38%

12%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Inez is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Inez are

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

Jobs based in Inez

138 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Inez residents hold

1,147 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+23%

Jobs based in Inez, 2013 → 2023: 112 → 138. 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.