Work & commute · Siesta Shores

Work & commute in Siesta Shores, TX

Most working residents leave Siesta Shores for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Laredo (26%), Zapata (13%) and Falcon Lake Estates (9%). Half commute less than 49 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 449 working residents

Typical commute

49 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 443 Siesta Shores residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 92 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Siesta Shores.

443live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

92work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Siesta Shores goes to work

Laredo51.1 mi away

26%115

Zapata3.6 mi away

13%58

Falcon Lake Estates1.5 mi away

9%39

Corpus Christi142.3 mi away

4%18

Rio Grande City42.1 mi away

4%17

Medina5.8 mi away

2%11

San Antonio185.9 mi away

2%10

Alice96.2 mi away

2%8

Mission72.8 mi away

2%8

Harlingen106.6 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%157

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

How far

How far Siesta Shores commutes

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

27%

25%

47%

27%Under 10 mi

0%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

47%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Siesta Shores is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Siesta Shores are

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

Jobs based in Siesta Shores

98 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month57%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Siesta Shores residents hold

449 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month37%

+227%

Jobs based in Siesta Shores, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 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.