Lakeside has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
For 6% of workers, the job is at home; Texas has 14%. 1 jobs are based in Lakeside, and 111 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Lakeside for work; outside it, Corpus Christi is the main destination (28%, 48 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lakeside by day and by night
On a workday 111 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 250 people are in Lakeside on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Where Lakeside goes to work
Where Lakeside clocks in
28% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 100% of the jobs in Lakeside
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Lakeside’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Lakeside: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lakeside workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 136 commuters (the 6% 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.
How far Lakeside goes to work
About 28% 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.
Around Lakeside: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lakeside workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeside | – | — | — | 27 min | $54,583 |
| Edgewater Estates | under 1% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Edgewater Estates: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lakeside’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 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 Lakeside: questions
What is the median household income in Lakeside?
$54,583 (±$19,429) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lakeside?
13.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lakeside?
27 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lakeside work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Corpus Christi (28%, 48 mi), Mathis (25%, 3 mi), San Antonio (5%, 102 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lakeside without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lakeside, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lakeside
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.