With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Agua Dulce works elsewhere
The trip to work takes 28 minutes on average, next to 27 for Texas and 26 for the U.S. 60 jobs are based in Agua Dulce for 250 working residents. Hardly any work in Agua Dulce; the top destination outside it is Corpus Christi (41%, 45 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Agua Dulce, in brief
41% of Agua Dulce works in Corpus Christi
103 working residents, 41%, have their main job in Corpus Christi, 45 miles away. That’s far more as work in Agua Dulce itself. The commute map ↓
Agua Dulce is a place people come home to
There are 60 jobs based in Agua Dulce, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Agua Dulce has about 470 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 250 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Commuting out of Agua Dulce: the destinations
Where Agua Dulce clocks in
41% of workers
6% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Agua Dulce
On a workday 250 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 60 people come in from elsewhere.
About 470 people are in Agua Dulce on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
How far Agua Dulce goes to work
About 31% 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.
Making and building: 28% of jobs based in Agua Dulce
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Agua Dulce, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 60. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
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 Agua Dulce’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Agua Dulce: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Agua Dulce workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 83 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
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 Agua Dulce: questions
What is the median household income in Agua Dulce?
$48,438 (±$13,892) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Agua Dulce?
7.2%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Agua Dulce?
28 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Agua Dulce work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Corpus Christi (41%, 45 mi), Houston (6%, 206 mi), Alice (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Agua Dulce without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Agua Dulce, from the people who make the trip.
More of Agua Dulce
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.