Work & commute · San Diego

Work & commute in San Diego, TX

Most working residents leave San Diego for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Alice (19%), Corpus Christi (9%) and San Antonio (4%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

152 of 1,145 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 993 San Diego residents head out of town to work, 152 work right here, and 678 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in San Diego.

993live here, work elsewhere

152live and work here

678work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where San Diego goes to work

Alice10.6 mi away

19%222

San Diego (in town)right here

13%152

Corpus Christi65.1 mi away

9%108

San Antonio118.9 mi away

4%49

Houston222.2 mi away

4%43

Kingsville28.9 mi away

3%29

Austin177.8 mi away

2%27

Benavides15.6 mi away

2%24

Laredo77.8 mi away

2%23

Freer24.6 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%455

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

How far

How far San Diego commutes

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

23%

12%

43%

23%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

San Diego is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in San Diego are

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

Jobs based in San Diego

830 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs San Diego residents hold

1,145 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−24%

Jobs based in San Diego, 2013 → 2023: 1,098 → 830. 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.