Work & commute · Ricardo

Work & commute in Ricardo, TX

Most working residents leave Ricardo for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Kingsville (24%), Corpus Christi (15%) and Alice (4%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 401 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 395 Ricardo residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 92 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ricardo.

395live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

92work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ricardo goes to work

Kingsville6.3 mi away

24%96

Corpus Christi47.4 mi away

15%59

Alice26.8 mi away

4%17

Houston221.3 mi away

3%13

San Antonio147.1 mi away

2%10

Laredo101.1 mi away

2%9

McAllen86.1 mi away

2%9

Austin199.1 mi away

2%7

Bishop11.9 mi away

1%6

Ricardo (in town)right here

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%169

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

How far

How far Ricardo commutes

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

32%

11%

23%

34%

32%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ricardo is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ricardo are

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

Jobs based in Ricardo

98 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities68%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Ricardo residents hold

401 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+172%

Jobs based in Ricardo, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 98. 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.