Work & commute · Realitos

Work & commute in Realitos, TX

Most working residents leave Realitos for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Alice (12%), Corpus Christi (12%) and Benavides (8%). Half commute less than 71 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 50 working residents

Typical commute

71 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 49 Realitos residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Realitos.

49live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

19work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Realitos goes to work

Alice35.6 mi away

12%6

Corpus Christi85.8 mi away

12%6

Benavides12.7 mi away

8%4

Houston249.9 mi away

6%3

Kingsville41.3 mi away

4%2

Elsa85.9 mi away

2%1

Falfurrias28.1 mi away

2%1

Groves328.6 mi away

2%1

Brenham227.6 mi away

2%1

Pharr91 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%24

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

How far

How far Realitos commutes

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

14%

26%

58%

2%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

58%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Realitos is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Realitos are

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

Jobs based in Realitos

20 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month5%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Realitos residents hold

50 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month44%

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.