Work & commute · Port Aransas

Work & commute in Port Aransas, TX

43% of Port Aransas’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Corpus Christi (19%), Houston (5%) and San Antonio (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43%

517 of 1,194 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 677 Port Aransas residents head out of town to work, 517 work right here, and 2,018 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Port Aransas.

677live here, work elsewhere

517live and work here

2,018work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Port Aransas goes to work

Port Aransas (in town)right here

43%517

Corpus Christi6.9 mi away

19%227

Houston170.4 mi away

5%65

San Antonio143 mi away

3%38

Austin175.8 mi away

2%26

Rockport15.9 mi away

1%13

Portland15.5 mi away

1%10

Dallas344.1 mi away

1%9

Aransas Pass6.6 mi away

1%8

Victoria69.9 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%273

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

How far

How far Port Aransas commutes

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

46%

19%

32%

46%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Port Aransas is a job hub

2.12jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Port Aransas are

2,535 jobs are based in Port Aransas. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Port Aransas’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Port Aransas

2,535 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Port Aransas residents hold

1,194 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+21%

Jobs based in Port Aransas, 2013 → 2023: 2,096 → 2,535. 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.