Work & commute · Refugio

Work & commute in Refugio, TX

About one in 3 of Refugio’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Corpus Christi (11%), San Antonio (5%) and Victoria (4%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

318 of 1,099 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 781 Refugio residents head out of town to work, 318 work right here, and 812 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Refugio.

781live here, work elsewhere

318live and work here

812work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Refugio goes to work

Refugio (in town)right here

29%318

Corpus Christi38.7 mi away

11%118

San Antonio109.9 mi away

5%50

Victoria40 mi away

4%43

Houston153 mi away

4%40

Austin140.6 mi away

2%26

Woodsboro5.7 mi away

2%19

Ingleside30.5 mi away

2%18

Beeville29.6 mi away

2%17

Alice61.5 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%438

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

How far

How far Refugio commutes

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

38%

26%

33%

38%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Refugio is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Refugio are

1,130 jobs are based in Refugio. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Refugio’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Refugio

1,130 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Refugio residents hold

1,099 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−24%

Jobs based in Refugio, 2013 → 2023: 1,494 → 1,130. 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.