Aransas Pass’ household incomes are lower than in 69% of U.S. towns
3% of workers work from home, next to 14% for Texas as a whole. 14.8% of residents live below the poverty line; Texas has 13.8%. The two grades for Aransas Pass are C+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Aransas Pass stands out on work
Aransas Pass and Corpus Christi trade workers both ways
Corpus Christi is the top workplace for Aransas Pass residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Aransas Pass come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Aransas Pass workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Aransas Pass
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Aransas Pass is better than 40% of U.S. towns, #345 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds Aransas Pass’ grade up (ahead of 59% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down. It also does well on unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Aransas Pass could be anywhere from C− to B+.
20% of working residents work in Corpus Christi
Where Aransas Pass clocks in
20% 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.
Each way, about 23 minutes from Aransas Pass
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Aransas Pass workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,730 commuters (the 3% 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.
The commute from Aransas Pass, by distance
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.
In and out of Aransas Pass on a workday
On a workday 3,052 residents head out to work, 380 work right here, and 1,907 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,700 people are in Aransas Pass on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.67 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.
What work there is in Aransas Pass: 2,287 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Aransas Pass, 2013 → 2023: 2,719 → 2,287. 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 Aransas Pass’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Aransas Pass, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Aransas Pass is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns, #317 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,849 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 41% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 12.9% of Aransas Pass households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Aransas Pass’ commuters take a bus or train.
Aransas Pass next to U.S. towns of 6,200 to 11,900: 1,947th of 2,878 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 3 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Hickory Creek TX | 6,875 | $149K | 2.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Alamo Heights TX | 7,632 | $183K | 2.5% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Oak Point TX | 6,909 | $126K | 1.5% | 1.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,945 | Lecanto FL | 7,398 | $56K | 5.8% | 4.3% | 6% | C+ |
| 1,946 | Boiling Spring Lakes NC | 6,875 | $63K | 8.5% | 3.5% | 4% | C+ |
| 1,947 | Aransas Pass TX | 8,842 | $63K | 14.8% | 3.9% | 11% | C+ |
| 1,948 | Salem Township IL | 8,785 | $65K | 12.2% | 3.2% | 34% | C+ |
| 1,949 | Sturgis SD | 6,922 | $54K | 9.2% | 3.0% | 33% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Aransas Pass, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Bordering towns draw 29% of Aransas Pass’ workers
The biggest share goes to Corpus Christi (20%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Aransas Pass workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aransas Pass | – | C+ | B− | 23 min | $63,021 |
| Corpus Christi | 20% | C+ | A− | 21 min | $67,394 |
| Falman | under 1% | — | — | — | — |
| Ingleside | 9% | B | C | 21 min | $69,464 |
Same-state neighbors only. Falman: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Aransas Pass’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 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 Aransas Pass: questions
What is the median household income in Aransas Pass?
$63,021 (±$11,507) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Aransas Pass?
14.8%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Aransas Pass?
23 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Aransas Pass work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Corpus Christi (20%, 12 mi), Ingleside (9%, 7 mi), Port Aransas (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Aransas Pass walkable?
Aransas Pass is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Aransas Pass without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Aransas Pass, from the people who make the trip.
More of Aransas Pass
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.