Photo: Billy Hathorn at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Beeville earn less than those in 87% of U.S. towns
6% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. 22.1% of residents are in poverty, against 13.8% across Texas. For jobs and income Beeville is better than 12% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns (A).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Beeville in brief
Beeville’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Beeville is Corpus Christi, 57 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (551) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Beeville trades workers with the towns around it
Beeville has about as many jobs (4,749) as working residents (5,250), but they are mostly different people: 3,682 residents leave for work each day while 3,181 people come in. Only 33% of the jobs in Beeville are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
41% 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 ↓
Commutes from Beeville are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
What’s behind Beeville’s Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds Beeville’s grade up (5.1%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Beeville could be anywhere from D− to C.
Where in the region Beeville works
About 41% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Beeville
On a workday 3,682 residents head out to work, 1,568 work right here, and 3,181 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).
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 long Beeville spends getting to work: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Beeville workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,424 commuters (the 6% 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.
10% of working residents work in Corpus Christi
Where Beeville clocks in
10% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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.
Jobs in Beeville: what the 4,749 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beeville, 2013 → 2023: 5,705 → 4,749. 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 Beeville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Good to walk, short on transit: Beeville
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,771 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.2% of Beeville households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Beeville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Beeville and other U.S. towns of 9,000 to 18,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Lantana TX | 12,766 | $199K | 0.6% | 2.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 78 | Bellaire TX | 17,434 | $244K | 2.4% | 3.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,369 | Vernal UT | 10,671 | $64K | 17.9% | 8.7% | 33% | D |
| 2,370 | East Bakersfield CA | 11,062 | $39K | 42.6% | 13.0% | 1% | D |
| 2,371 | Beeville TX | 13,086 | $51K | 22.1% | 5.1% | 30% | D |
| 2,372 | Dyersburg TN | 15,906 | $52K | 21.6% | 7.4% | 46% | D |
| 2,373 | Charleston IL | 17,466 | $49K | 26.3% | 6.1% | 31% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 2,526 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Beeville, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Beeville and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Beeville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beeville | – | D | A | 20 min | $50,784 |
| Blue Berry Hill | under 1% | — | — | 11 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Blue Berry Hill: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Beeville’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 Beeville: questions
What is the median household income in Beeville?
$50,784 (±$6,439) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Beeville?
22.1%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Beeville?
20 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Beeville work?
30% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Corpus Christi (10%, 57 mi), San Antonio (4%, 87 mi), Houston (4%, 172 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Beeville walkable?
Beeville is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.6 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Beeville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Beeville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Beeville
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.