Work & commute · Laguna Vista

Work & commute in Laguna Vista, TX

Most working residents leave Laguna Vista for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are South Padre Island (18%), Brownsville (13%) and Harlingen (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27 of 1,090 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,063 Laguna Vista residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 97 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Laguna Vista.

1,063live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

97work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Laguna Vista goes to work

South Padre Island7.9 mi away

18%196

Brownsville14 mi away

13%142

Harlingen25.6 mi away

6%65

Port Isabel2.9 mi away

6%63

Los Fresnos12.1 mi away

5%52

San Antonio243.8 mi away

4%41

Houston279.6 mi away

4%41

McAllen59.5 mi away

4%39

Edinburg55.1 mi away

3%32

Laguna Vista (in town)right here

2%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%392

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

How far

How far Laguna Vista commutes

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

29%

27%

39%

29%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Laguna Vista is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Laguna Vista are

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

Jobs based in Laguna Vista

124 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Laguna Vista residents hold

1,090 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−2%

Jobs based in Laguna Vista, 2013 → 2023: 127 → 124. 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.