Making a living in Spring Gardens
Hardly any stay in Spring Gardens for work; outside it, Corpus Christi is the main destination (39%, 35 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where Texas as a whole has 14%. Commuters spend 26 minutes getting to work on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Spring Gardens, and who commutes in
On a workday 144 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 480 people are in Spring Gardens on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
Commuting out of Spring Gardens: the destinations
Where Spring Gardens clocks in
39% 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.
Spring Gardens’ commute takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spring Gardens workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 227 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 Spring Gardens
About 32% 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.
The towns around Spring Gardens
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Spring Gardens workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Gardens | – | — | — | 26 min | $44,708 |
| Tierra Verde | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Tierra Verde: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Spring Gardens’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 Spring Gardens: questions
What is the median household income in Spring Gardens?
$44,708 (±$43,165) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Spring Gardens?
5.5%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spring Gardens?
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 Spring Gardens work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Corpus Christi (39%, 35 mi), Robstown (9%, 5 mi), San Antonio (7%, 127 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Spring Gardens without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 21% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Spring Gardens, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spring Gardens
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.