Work & commute · Uvalde

Work & commute in Uvalde, TX

About one in 3 of Uvalde’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are San Antonio (14%), Del Rio (2%) and Eagle Pass (2%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38%

2,673 of 7,124 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 4,451 Uvalde residents head out of town to work, 2,673 work right here, and 3,000 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Uvalde.

4,451live here, work elsewhere

2,673live and work here

3,000work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Uvalde goes to work

Uvalde (in town)right here

38%2,673

San Antonio77.4 mi away

14%1,019

Del Rio67.5 mi away

2%138

Eagle Pass55.2 mi away

2%118

Austin142.6 mi away

2%115

Laredo115.7 mi away

2%107

Houston266.8 mi away

1%92

Knippa10.7 mi away

1%83

Hondo38.3 mi away

1%76

Kerrville68.9 mi away

1%56

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%2,647

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

How far

How far Uvalde commutes

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

47%

44%

47%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Uvalde is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Uvalde are

5,673 jobs are based in Uvalde. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Uvalde’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Uvalde

5,673 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Uvalde residents hold

7,124 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+3%

Jobs based in Uvalde, 2013 → 2023: 5,486 → 5,673. 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.