Work & commute · Premont

Work & commute in Premont, TX

Most working residents leave Premont for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Corpus Christi (11%), Falfurrias (7%) and Alice (7%). Half commute less than 52 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

88 of 709 working residents

Typical commute

52 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 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 621 Premont residents head out of town to work, 88 work right here, and 562 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Premont.

621live here, work elsewhere

88live and work here

562work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Premont goes to work

Premont (in town)right here

12%88

Corpus Christi64.4 mi away

11%76

Falfurrias9.4 mi away

7%51

Alice27.7 mi away

7%49

San Antonio147.4 mi away

6%44

Houston235.9 mi away

5%35

Kingsville19.2 mi away

3%23

Austin204.4 mi away

2%16

Victoria123 mi away

1%8

McAllen78.7 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%312

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

How far

How far Premont commutes

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

25%

14%

54%

25%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

54%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Premont is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Premont are

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

Jobs based in Premont

650 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Premont residents hold

709 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−9%

Jobs based in Premont, 2013 → 2023: 718 → 650. 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.