Work & commute · La Rosita

Work & commute in La Rosita, TX

Most working residents leave La Rosita for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Rio Grande City (23%), San Antonio (9%) and Estherville (5%). Half commute less than 41 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 22 working residents

Typical commute

41 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 21 La Rosita residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Rosita.

21live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

40work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where La Rosita goes to work

Rio Grande City7 mi away

23%5

San Antonio213 mi away

9%2

Estherville, IA1196.8 mi away

5%1

Roma4.4 mi away

5%1

Eagle Pass184.9 mi away

5%1

Mission40 mi away

5%1

Harlingen77.8 mi away

5%1

New Braunfels233.2 mi away

5%1

Corpus Christi143 mi away

5%1

Houston318.3 mi away

5%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%7

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

How far

How far La Rosita commutes

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

32%

14%

50%

32%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

50%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

La Rosita is a job hub

1.86jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in La Rosita are

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

Jobs based in La Rosita

41 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)95%

$1,250 a month or less61%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month7%

Jobs La Rosita residents hold

22 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−94%

Jobs based in La Rosita, 2013 → 2023: 724 → 41. 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.