LaCoste has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
88 jobs are based in LaCoste for 451 working residents. LaCoste grades B− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Hardly any work in LaCoste; the top destination outside it is San Antonio (39%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: LaCoste in brief
LaCoste and San Antonio trade workers both ways
San Antonio is the top workplace for LaCoste residents (39%) and also where the most people who work in LaCoste come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
LaCoste is a place people come home to
There are 88 jobs based in LaCoste, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday LaCoste has about 890 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 451 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in LaCoste: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, LaCoste is better than 51% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds LaCoste’s grade up (ahead of 79% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (13.8%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: LaCoste’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, LaCoste could be anywhere from C− to A.
Where the trip to work from LaCoste ends
Where LaCoste clocks in
39% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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 and out of LaCoste on a workday
On a workday 447 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere.
About 890 people are in LaCoste on a workday afternoon, 29% 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 kinds of work in LaCoste
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in LaCoste, 2013 → 2023: 61 → 88. 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 LaCoste’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 29 minutes in LaCoste
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of LaCoste workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 590 commuters (the 15% 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.
Half of LaCoste commutes less than 22 miles
About 23% 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 LaCoste, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, LaCoste is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place LaCoste near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 691 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). 4.7% of LaCoste households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of LaCoste’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, LaCoste is 1,609th of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 27 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,607 | Gallatin NY | 1,616 | $89K | 6.8% | 12.1% | 1% | B− |
| 1,608 | Cedar Lake WI | 1,106 | $85K | 6.1% | 5.3% | 2% | B− |
| 1,609 | LaCoste TX | 1,255 | $69K | 13.8% | 0.0% | 1% | B− |
| 1,610 | Darien WI | 1,530 | $63K | 9.6% | 5.7% | 5% | B− |
| 1,611 | Irvington Township IL | 1,150 | $72K | 5.5% | 6.8% | 3% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 LaCoste, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
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 LaCoste: questions
What is the median household income in LaCoste?
$68,929 (±$33,667) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in LaCoste?
13.8%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from LaCoste?
29 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in LaCoste work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Antonio (39%, 20 mi), Austin (5%, 93 mi), Castroville (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is LaCoste walkable?
LaCoste is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around LaCoste without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from LaCoste, from the people who make the trip.
More of LaCoste
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.