Work & commute · Laureles

Work & commute in Laureles, TX

Most working residents leave Laureles for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Brownsville (23%), Harlingen (13%) and Los Fresnos (13%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 1,584 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,573 Laureles residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Laureles.

1,573live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

34work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Laureles goes to work

Brownsville9 mi away

23%365

Harlingen13.8 mi away

13%204

Los Fresnos3.1 mi away

13%201

South Padre Island19.8 mi away

5%80

San Benito9.6 mi away

5%75

McAllen47.5 mi away

4%61

Edinburg43.4 mi away

3%41

Houston283.9 mi away

2%34

San Antonio239.5 mi away

2%29

Weslaco31 mi away

2%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%469

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

How far

How far Laureles commutes

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

25%

46%

12%

17%

25%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Laureles is a commuter town

0.03jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Laureles are

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

Jobs based in Laureles

45 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities62%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Laureles residents hold

1,584 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month40%

+32%

Jobs based in Laureles, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 45. 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.