Work & commute · Odem

Work & commute in Odem, TX

Most working residents leave Odem for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Corpus Christi (36%), San Antonio (5%) and Sinton (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

60 of 886 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 826 Odem residents head out of town to work, 60 work right here, and 370 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Odem.

826live here, work elsewhere

60live and work here

370work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Odem goes to work

Corpus Christi28.6 mi away

36%323

Odem (in town)right here

7%60

San Antonio119.2 mi away

5%40

Sinton8.2 mi away

4%36

Houston184 mi away

4%32

Austin162.8 mi away

3%23

Robstown11.6 mi away

2%21

Alice32.1 mi away

2%19

Ingleside23.8 mi away

1%13

Beeville33.2 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%307

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

How far

How far Odem commutes

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

24%

39%

29%

24%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Odem is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Odem are

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

Jobs based in Odem

430 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Odem residents hold

886 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−3%

Jobs based in Odem, 2013 → 2023: 444 → 430. 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.