Work & commute · Kenedy

Work & commute in Kenedy, TX

Most working residents leave Kenedy for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are San Antonio (14%), Austin (5%) and Houston (5%). Half commute less than 56 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

232 of 1,794 working residents

Typical commute

56 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 1,562 Kenedy residents head out of town to work, 232 work right here, and 1,347 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kenedy.

1,562live here, work elsewhere

232live and work here

1,347work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kenedy goes to work

San Antonio60.7 mi away

14%250

Kenedy (in town)right here

13%232

Austin103.1 mi away

5%92

Houston163.1 mi away

5%86

Karnes City6 mi away

4%63

Corpus Christi83.8 mi away

2%31

Victoria52.5 mi away

2%30

Floresville30 mi away

2%27

New Braunfels63.5 mi away

1%24

Dallas282.7 mi away

1%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%935

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

How far

How far Kenedy commutes

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

32%

56%

32%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

56%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kenedy is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kenedy are

1,579 jobs are based in Kenedy. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kenedy’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kenedy

1,579 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Kenedy residents hold

1,794 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−1%

Jobs based in Kenedy, 2013 → 2023: 1,593 → 1,579. 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.