Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0Jobs and the daily commute in Sarita
Hardly any work in Sarita; the top destination outside it is Corpus Christi (20%, 53 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home; Texas has 14%. Commuters spend 26 minutes getting to work on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Sarita, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 125 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 99 people come in from elsewhere.
About 66 people are in Sarita on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Sarita: the destinations
Where Sarita clocks in
20% of workers
13% of workers
6% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Sarita
100 jobs are based in Sarita.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sarita, 2014 → 2024: 99 → 100. 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 Sarita’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Sarita, about 26 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sarita workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 45 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.
Sarita’s commute, mile by mile
About 60% 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.
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 Sarita: questions
What is the median household income in Sarita?
$39,079 (±$27,314) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sarita?
13.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sarita?
26 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sarita work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Corpus Christi (20%, 53 mi), McAllen (13%, 74 mi), Kingsville (6%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Sarita without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 20% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sarita, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sarita
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.