Work & commute · Orange Grove

Work & commute in Orange Grove, TX

Most working residents leave Orange Grove for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Corpus Christi (25%), Alice (9%) and Houston (5%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 362 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 Orange Grove residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 283 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Orange Grove.

348live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

283work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Orange Grove goes to work

Corpus Christi48.8 mi away

25%91

Alice15.9 mi away

9%31

Houston199.4 mi away

5%18

San Antonio110 mi away

4%16

Orange Grove (in town)right here

4%14

Robstown19.9 mi away

2%7

Beeville33.1 mi away

1%4

Kingsville31.2 mi away

1%4

Portland37.3 mi away

1%4

Victoria83.6 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%169

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

How far

How far Orange Grove commutes

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

19%

35%

37%

9%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Orange Grove is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Orange Grove are

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

Jobs based in Orange Grove

297 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Orange Grove residents hold

362 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+35%

Jobs based in Orange Grove, 2013 → 2023: 220 → 297. 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.