Holiday Beach has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
56% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. 37 jobs are based in Holiday Beach for 191 working residents. Only 3% work in Holiday Beach itself; outside it, Corpus Christi draws the most (25%, 30 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Holiday Beach on a workday
On a workday 185 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Holiday Beach on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Out of Holiday Beach to work: where people go
Where Holiday Beach clocks in
25% 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.
Holiday Beach works in goods: 92% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Holiday Beach, 2013 → 2023: 79 → 37. 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 Holiday Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Holiday Beach
of Holiday Beach workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 31 commuters (the 56% 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 distance from Holiday Beach to work
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.
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 Holiday Beach: questions
What is the poverty rate in Holiday Beach?
53.2%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Holiday Beach work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Corpus Christi (25%, 30 mi), Rockport (16%, 9 mi), Victoria (7%, 46 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Holiday Beach 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 Holiday Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Holiday Beach
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.