Work & commute · Robstown

Work & commute in Robstown, TX

Most working residents leave Robstown for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Corpus Christi (38%), San Antonio (4%) and Houston (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

611 of 3,878 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 3,267 Robstown residents head out of town to work, 611 work right here, and 2,962 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Robstown.

3,267live here, work elsewhere

611live and work here

2,962work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Robstown goes to work

Corpus Christi30.4 mi away

38%1,487

Robstown (in town)right here

16%611

San Antonio126.4 mi away

4%171

Houston194.9 mi away

4%143

Austin173.1 mi away

2%79

Alice24.4 mi away

2%68

Kingsville22.9 mi away

2%59

Laredo112.5 mi away

1%39

Ingleside28.7 mi away

1%36

Portland21.6 mi away

1%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%1,150

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

How far

How far Robstown commutes

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

26%

39%

31%

26%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Robstown 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 Robstown are

3,573 jobs are based in Robstown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Robstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Robstown

3,573 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Robstown residents hold

3,878 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+39%

Jobs based in Robstown, 2013 → 2023: 2,565 → 3,573. 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.