Most of Bayview commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
A typical one-way commute lasts 32 minutes (Texas 27, U.S. 26). Bayview has 35 jobs, against 191 working residents. Hardly any work in Bayview itself; outside it, South Padre Island draws the most (16%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Bayview
On a workday 191 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere.
About 400 people are in Bayview on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
The towns that employ Bayview’s residents
Where Bayview clocks in
14% 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.
In Bayview, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bayview, 2013 → 2023: 51 → 35. 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 Bayview’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 32 minutes in Bayview
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bayview workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 436 commuters (the 11% 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.
How far Bayview goes to work
About 27% 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 Bayview: questions
What is the median household income in Bayview?
$135,685 (±$23,414) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bayview?
2.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bayview?
32 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bayview work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are South Padre Island (16%, 14 mi), Brownsville (14%, 11 mi), Los Fresnos (10%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bayview without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bayview, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bayview
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.