Alice Acres has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
There are 4 jobs in Alice Acres; 201 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Alice Acres itself; outside it, Alice draws the most (27%, 4 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all (Texas 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Alice Acres, in brief
Alice Acres is a place people come home to
There are 4 jobs based in Alice Acres, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Alice Acres and Alice trade workers both ways
Alice is the top workplace for Alice Acres residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Alice Acres come from (50% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Alice Acres workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 201 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in Alice Acres: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 201 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 620 people are in Alice Acres on a workday afternoon, 24% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Alice Acres work
Where Alice Acres clocks in
13% of workers
5% 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.
From Alice Acres, about 37 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Alice Acres workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 153 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.
Alice Acres works in goods: 75% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Alice Acres, 2014 → 2024: 22 → 4. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alice Acres’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Alice Acres commutes
About 34% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The towns around Alice Acres
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Alice Acres workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alice Acres | – | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Rancho Alegre | under 1% | D | D | 17 min | $49,202 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Alice Acres’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Alice Acres: questions
What is the poverty rate in Alice Acres?
56.8%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Alice Acres?
37 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Alice Acres work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Alice (27%, 4 mi), Corpus Christi (13%, 57 mi), San Antonio (5%, 124 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Alice Acres without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 24% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Alice Acres, from the people who make the trip.
More of Alice Acres
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.