Work & commute · Taft Southwest

Work & commute in Taft Southwest, TX

Most working residents leave Taft Southwest for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Corpus Christi (33%), Taft (8%) and Portland (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 461 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 461 Taft Southwest residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Taft Southwest.

461live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

1work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Taft Southwest goes to work

Corpus Christi20.6 mi away

33%150

Taft1 mi away

8%39

Portland7.3 mi away

8%38

Ingleside13.9 mi away

8%38

Sinton7.4 mi away

3%16

San Antonio123.4 mi away

3%13

Houston174.9 mi away

3%13

Austin162.2 mi away

2%9

Rockport22.3 mi away

2%7

Alice43 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%132

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

How far

How far Taft Southwest commutes

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

24%

49%

23%

24%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Taft Southwest is a commuter town

0.00jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Taft Southwest are

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

Jobs based in Taft Southwest

1 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month100%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Taft Southwest residents hold

461 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

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.