Work & commute · Rockport

Work & commute in Rockport, TX

About one in 4 of Rockport’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Corpus Christi (15%), Houston (5%) and San Antonio (4%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

966 of 3,710 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,744 Rockport residents head out of town to work, 966 work right here, and 3,001 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rockport.

2,744live here, work elsewhere

966live and work here

3,001work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rockport goes to work

Rockport (in town)right here

26%966

Corpus Christi21.6 mi away

15%541

Houston156.6 mi away

5%185

San Antonio132.4 mi away

4%161

Ingleside15.6 mi away

3%126

Fulton1.9 mi away

3%109

Aransas Pass9.7 mi away

3%97

Victoria54.1 mi away

2%85

Portland20.4 mi away

2%78

Austin161.2 mi away

2%67

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%1,295

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

How far

How far Rockport commutes

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

34%

12%

18%

36%

34%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rockport is balanced between jobs and homes

1.07jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rockport are

3,967 jobs are based in Rockport. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rockport’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rockport

3,967 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Rockport residents hold

3,710 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

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Jobs based in Rockport, 2013 → 2023: 3,969 → 3,967. 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.