Work & commute · Karnes

Work & commute in Karnes, TX

Most working residents leave Karnes for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are San Antonio (13%), Kenedy (7%) and Austin (5%). Half commute less than 51 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

99 of 1,274 working residents

Typical commute

51 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 1,175 Karnes residents head out of town to work, 99 work right here, and 689 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Karnes.

1,175live here, work elsewhere

99live and work here

689work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Karnes goes to work

San Antonio54.9 mi away

13%160

Karnes City (in town)right here

8%99

Kenedy6 mi away

7%91

Austin98 mi away

5%66

Houston163.6 mi away

3%42

Floresville24.1 mi away

2%29

Pettus19.4 mi away

1%19

San Marcos68.3 mi away

1%18

Dallas278.3 mi away

1%16

Falls City9.9 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%719

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

How far

How far Karnes commutes

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

31%

11%

51%

31%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

51%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Karnes is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Karnes are

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

Jobs based in Karnes

788 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Karnes residents hold

1,274 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+13%

Jobs based in Karnes, 2013 → 2023: 695 → 788. 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.