Work & commute · Kingsville

Work & commute in Kingsville, TX

About one in 3 of Kingsville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Corpus Christi (15%), Alice (4%) and Houston (3%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

2,996 of 9,782 working residents

Typical commute

31 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 6,786 Kingsville residents head out of town to work, 2,996 work right here, and 4,768 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kingsville.

6,786live here, work elsewhere

2,996live and work here

4,768work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kingsville goes to work

Kingsville (in town)right here

31%2,996

Corpus Christi45.4 mi away

15%1,481

Alice21.1 mi away

4%397

Houston217.3 mi away

3%266

San Antonio140.9 mi away

3%250

Laredo99.8 mi away

2%233

Pharr95.2 mi away

2%201

McAllen91.9 mi away

2%183

Austin192.8 mi away

2%168

Harlingen91.6 mi away

1%142

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%3,465

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

How far

How far Kingsville commutes

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

37%

19%

36%

37%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kingsville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kingsville are

7,764 jobs are based in Kingsville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kingsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kingsville

7,764 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Kingsville residents hold

9,782 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−10%

Jobs based in Kingsville, 2013 → 2023: 8,585 → 7,764. 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.