Work & commute · Mathis

Work & commute in Mathis, TX

Most working residents leave Mathis for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Corpus Christi (21%), Alice (7%) and San Antonio (5%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

311 of 1,676 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 1,365 Mathis residents head out of town to work, 311 work right here, and 721 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mathis.

1,365live here, work elsewhere

311live and work here

721work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mathis goes to work

Corpus Christi45.7 mi away

21%347

Mathis (in town)right here

19%311

Alice27.7 mi away

7%114

San Antonio104 mi away

5%85

Houston187.8 mi away

5%77

Beeville22.1 mi away

2%30

Ingleside40.2 mi away

2%29

Austin152.6 mi away

2%26

Sinton19.6 mi away

1%20

Kingsville40.3 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%619

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

How far

How far Mathis commutes

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

21%

13%

34%

32%

21%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mathis is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mathis are

1,032 jobs are based in Mathis. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mathis’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mathis

1,032 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Mathis residents hold

1,676 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+17%

Jobs based in Mathis, 2013 → 2023: 883 → 1,032. 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.