Work & commute · Laughlin AFB

Work & commute in Laughlin AFB, TX

Most working residents leave Laughlin AFB for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Del Rio (28%), San Antonio (8%) and Austin (7%). Half commute less than 145 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 350 working residents

Typical commute

145 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

8 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 348 Laughlin AFB residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 184 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Laughlin AFB.

348live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

184work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Laughlin AFB goes to work

Del Rio6.5 mi away

28%97

San Antonio135.7 mi away

8%28

Austin192.4 mi away

7%23

Houston325 mi away

3%12

Dallas335.5 mi away

3%10

Laredo146.8 mi away

2%8

Eagle Pass48.9 mi away

2%6

Plano348.8 mi away

2%6

New Braunfels161.7 mi away

1%5

Corpus Christi245.1 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%150

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

How far

How far Laughlin AFB commutes

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

31%

66%

31%Under 10 mi

1%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

66%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Laughlin AFB is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Laughlin AFB are

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

Jobs based in Laughlin AFB

186 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Laughlin AFB residents hold

350 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−14%

Jobs based in Laughlin AFB, 2013 → 2023: 216 → 186. 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.