Laguna Heights has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
0% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Laguna Heights has 30 jobs for 284 working residents. Hardly any work in Laguna Heights; the top destination outside it is South Padre Island (17%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Laguna Heights
Laguna Heights is a place people come home to
There are 30 jobs based in Laguna Heights, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Laguna Heights has about 100 people in it, 71% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 ↓
Few Laguna Heights workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 284 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How a workday changes Laguna Heights
On a workday 283 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere.
About 100 people are in Laguna Heights on a workday afternoon, 71% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Half of Laguna Heights commutes less than 23 miles
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Working from home in Laguna Heights
of Laguna Heights workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 51 commuters (the 0% 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.
Where people from Laguna Heights work
Where Laguna Heights clocks in
16% of workers
10% 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.
The kinds of work in Laguna Heights
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Laguna Heights, 2014 → 2024: 54 → 30. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Laguna Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Next door to Laguna Heights
The biggest share goes to Port Isabel (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Laguna Heights workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laguna Heights | – | — | — | — | — |
| Port Isabel | 2% | D | C+ | 14 min | $32,222 |
| Laguna Vista | 2% | C+ | D | 24 min | $63,632 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Laguna Heights’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 2024, 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 Laguna Heights: questions
What is the poverty rate in Laguna Heights?
35.5%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Laguna Heights work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are South Padre Island (17%, 6 mi), Brownsville (16%, 15 mi), Harlingen (10%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Laguna Heights without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Laguna Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Laguna Heights
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.