Work & commute · Laguna Heights

Work & commute in Laguna Heights, TX

Most working residents leave Laguna Heights for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Brownsville (19%), South Padre Island (18%) and Harlingen (8%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 291 working residents

Typical commute

19 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 291 Laguna Heights residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Laguna Heights.

291live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

39work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Laguna Heights goes to work

Brownsville15.1 mi away

19%55

South Padre Island6.1 mi away

18%51

Harlingen28.2 mi away

8%22

McAllen62 mi away

5%15

Port Isabel3.3 mi away

5%14

Los Fresnos14.2 mi away

4%13

San Benito24.1 mi away

3%8

Pharr58.3 mi away

2%7

Edinburg57.8 mi away

2%7

San Antonio246.1 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%93

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

How far

How far Laguna Heights commutes

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

26%

27%

13%

34%

26%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Laguna Heights is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Laguna Heights are

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

Jobs based in Laguna Heights

39 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month54%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Laguna Heights residents hold

291 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month39%

−13%

Jobs based in Laguna Heights, 2013 → 2023: 45 → 39. 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.