Laredo has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any stay in Laredo for work; outside it, Great Falls is the main destination (11%, 92 miles). Laredo has 3 jobs, against 19 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Laredo: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 19 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Laredo to work: where people go
Where Laredo clocks in
11% of workers
11% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Goods jobs make up 100% of work in Laredo
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Laredo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Laredo
About 68% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Laredo: questions
Where do people who live in Laredo work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Great Falls (11%, 92 mi), Bozeman (11%, 198 mi), Box Elder (11%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Laredo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Laredo
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.