Work & commute · Laredo

Work & commute in Laredo, TX

76% of Laredo’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are San Antonio (4%), Houston (1%) and Austin (1%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

76%

71,045 of 93,922 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 22,877 Laredo residents head out of town to work, 71,045 work right here, and 18,685 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Laredo.

22,877live here, work elsewhere

71,045live and work here

18,685work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Laredo goes to work

Laredo (in town)right here

76%71,045

San Antonio143.9 mi away

4%3,623

Houston292.2 mi away

1%1,327

Austin216.3 mi away

1%1,151

McAllen119.9 mi away

1%884

Corpus Christi142.4 mi away

1%703

Dallas396.4 mi away

1%579

Midland346.2 mi away

0%291

Cotulla62.5 mi away

0%277

El Paso511 mi away

0%270

Everywhere elseother towns and states

15%13,772

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

How far

How far Laredo commutes

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

71%

23%

71%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Laredo is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Laredo are

89,730 jobs are based in Laredo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Laredo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Laredo

89,730 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Laredo residents hold

93,922 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+8%

Jobs based in Laredo, 2013 → 2023: 82,794 → 89,730. 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.