Work & commute · Leakey

Work & commute in Leakey, TX

Most working residents leave Leakey for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are San Antonio (12%), Austin (5%) and Uvalde (4%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

13 of 113 working residents

Typical commute

40 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

9 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 100 Leakey residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 191 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leakey.

100live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

191work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leakey goes to work

Leakey (in town)right here

12%13

San Antonio76.6 mi away

12%13

Austin126.5 mi away

5%6

Uvalde35.3 mi away

4%4

Kerrville43.6 mi away

4%4

Dallas276.1 mi away

3%3

Camp Wood15.4 mi away

2%2

Corpus Christi207.7 mi away

2%2

Beaumont337.3 mi away

2%2

Chicago, IL1074.1 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%63

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

How far

How far Leakey commutes

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

23%

19%

12%

46%

23%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

46%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leakey is a job hub

1.81jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Leakey are

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

Jobs based in Leakey

204 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month23%

Jobs Leakey residents hold

113 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month35%

−17%

Jobs based in Leakey, 2013 → 2023: 246 → 204. 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.