Work & commute · LaCoste

Work & commute in LaCoste, TX

Most working residents leave LaCoste for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are San Antonio (39%), Austin (5%) and Castroville (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 451 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 447 LaCoste residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in LaCoste.

447live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

84work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where LaCoste goes to work

San Antonio20.2 mi away

39%176

Austin93.2 mi away

5%23

Castroville4.5 mi away

5%21

Hondo21.3 mi away

4%20

Leon Valley17.4 mi away

3%12

Kerrville53.9 mi away

1%6

Devine12.7 mi away

1%5

Lytle5.4 mi away

1%5

Corpus Christi146.4 mi away

1%5

LaCoste (in town)right here

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%174

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

How far

How far LaCoste commutes

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

16%

44%

17%

23%

16%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

LaCoste is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in LaCoste are

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

Jobs based in LaCoste

88 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs LaCoste residents hold

451 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+44%

Jobs based in LaCoste, 2013 → 2023: 61 → 88. 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.