How Driscoll works: jobs, income and commuting
Hardly any stay in Driscoll for work; outside it, Corpus Christi is the main destination (35%, 36 miles). Working residents average 29 minutes each way; Texas averages 27, the U.S. 26. 135 jobs are based in Driscoll; 225 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Driscoll
Driscoll and Corpus Christi trade workers both ways
Corpus Christi is the top workplace for Driscoll residents (35%) and also where the most people who work in Driscoll come from (25% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
36% 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; with 225 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where the trip to work from Driscoll ends
Where Driscoll clocks in
35% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
How far it is to work from Driscoll
About 36% 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 daily commute in and out of Driscoll
On a workday 224 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 134 people come in from elsewhere.
About 580 people are in Driscoll on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.60 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.
Jobs in Driscoll: what the 135 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Driscoll, 2013 → 2023: 172 → 135. 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 Driscoll’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Driscoll spends getting to work: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Driscoll workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 169 commuters (the 10% 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.
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 Driscoll: questions
What is the median household income in Driscoll?
$39,035 (±$7,215) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Driscoll?
41.5%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Driscoll?
29 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Driscoll work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Corpus Christi (35%, 36 mi), Kingsville (8%, 13 mi), Houston (7%, 204 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Driscoll 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 Driscoll, from the people who make the trip.
More of Driscoll
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.