Work & commute · La Presa

Work & commute in La Presa, TX

Most working residents leave La Presa for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Laredo (40%), San Antonio (8%) and Bruni (8%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 53 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 52 La Presa residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Presa.

52live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

8work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where La Presa goes to work

Laredo11.6 mi away

40%21

San Antonio152.9 mi away

8%4

Bruni36.9 mi away

8%4

Corpus Christi140.5 mi away

4%2

Houston295.5 mi away

4%2

Mirando City26.6 mi away

4%2

Carrizo Springs82.1 mi away

2%1

Leon Valley153.1 mi away

2%1

Lorena306 mi away

2%1

Freer60 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%14

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

How far

How far La Presa commutes

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

19%

25%

13%

43%

19%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

La Presa is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in La Presa are

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

Jobs based in La Presa

9 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)78%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month89%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs La Presa residents hold

53 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month51%

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.