Jobs, income and commuting in Alfred, TX
Home is the office for 0% of workers (Texas 14%). Hardly any work in Alfred itself; outside it, Corpus Christi draws the most (27%, 50 miles). Alfred has 33 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Alfred on a workday afternoon
On a workday 33 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 190 people are in Alfred on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Alfred’s residents
Where Alfred clocks in
27% 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.
Working from home in Alfred
of Alfred workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 46 commuters (the 0% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Alfred
About 42% 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 Alfred: questions
What is the poverty rate in Alfred?
0.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Alfred work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Corpus Christi (27%, 50 mi), Alice (9%, 10 mi), Orange Grove (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Alfred 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 Alfred, from the people who make the trip.
More of Alfred
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.