How South Fork Estates works: jobs, income and commuting
Home is the office for 0% of workers, against 14% across Texas. Hardly any work in South Fork Estates; the top destination outside it is Hebbronville (16%, 4 miles). South Fork Estates has 67 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
South Fork Estates by day and by night
On a workday 67 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in South Fork Estates on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 places South Fork Estates commutes to
Where South Fork Estates clocks in
16% of workers
10% 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.
Working from home in South Fork Estates
of South Fork Estates workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 73 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.
Miles to work from South Fork Estates
About 58% 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.
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 South Fork Estates: questions
What is the poverty rate in South Fork Estates?
0.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in South Fork Estates work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hebbronville (16%, 4 mi), Laredo (10%, 51 mi), San Antonio (7%, 152 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around South Fork Estates without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from South Fork Estates, from the people who make the trip.
More of South Fork Estates
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.