Laguna Park has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Laguna Park report 105 jobs; 628 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Laguna Park are C− for jobs and income and D for walkability. Only 2% work in Laguna Park itself; outside it, Waco draws the most (12%, 24 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Laguna Park: the gist
A big share show a job far from home
52% 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 ↓
Laguna Park is a place people come home to
There are 105 jobs based in Laguna Park, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Laguna Park has about 1,100 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Laguna Park’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Laguna Park is Waco, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (73) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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 628 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Laguna Park’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Laguna Park is better than 18% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Laguna Park’s grade.
Unemployment (5.2%) is left out: Laguna Park’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, Laguna Park could be anywhere from D− to B−.
Short hops and long hauls from Laguna Park
About 52% 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.
Laguna Park on a workday afternoon
On a workday 614 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 91 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Laguna Park on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Where the trip to work from Laguna Park ends
Where Laguna Park clocks in
7% 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.
What Laguna Park’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Laguna Park, 2014 → 2024: 7 → 105. 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 Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Laguna Park spends getting to work: about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Laguna Park workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 382 commuters (the 19% 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.
Getting around Laguna Park: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Laguna Park is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 471 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). 4.4% of Laguna Park households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Laguna Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Laguna Park is 4,477th of 6,161 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 4% | A+ |
| 29 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,475 | Maple River Township MI | 1,279 | $72K | 15.8% | 3.0% | 1% | C− |
| 4,476 | Jonesfield Township MI | 1,593 | $60K | 20.3% | 17.4% | 7% | C− |
| 4,477 | Laguna Park TX | 1,596 | $61K | 13.8% | 5.2% | 2% | C− |
| 4,478 | Mapleton IA | 1,135 | $55K | 8.4% | 2.1% | 19% | C− |
| 4,479 | Sumner IA | 2,022 | $59K | 13.6% | 2.9% | 24% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Laguna Park, 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 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 Park: questions
What is the median household income in Laguna Park?
$60,833 (±$36,705) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Laguna Park?
13.8%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Laguna Park?
37 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Laguna Park work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Waco (12%, 24 mi), Fort Worth (7%, 63 mi), Clifton (7%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Laguna Park walkable?
Laguna Park is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Laguna Park without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Laguna Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Laguna Park
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. 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.