Work & commute · Sinton

Work & commute in Sinton, TX

Most working residents leave Sinton for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Corpus Christi (24%), Houston (5%) and San Antonio (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

383 of 2,278 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 1,895 Sinton residents head out of town to work, 383 work right here, and 1,406 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sinton.

1,895live here, work elsewhere

383live and work here

1,406work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sinton goes to work

Corpus Christi28 mi away

24%543

Sinton (in town)right here

17%383

Houston175.8 mi away

5%108

San Antonio116.4 mi away

4%90

Portland14.6 mi away

4%88

Ingleside21.3 mi away

3%70

Alice39.6 mi away

2%54

Taft7.7 mi away

2%44

Austin157 mi away

2%40

Kingsville42.6 mi away

1%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%827

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

How far

How far Sinton commutes

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

26%

36%

29%

26%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sinton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sinton are

1,789 jobs are based in Sinton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sinton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sinton

1,789 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Sinton residents hold

2,278 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−4%

Jobs based in Sinton, 2013 → 2023: 1,869 → 1,789. 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.