St. Paul has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 31 jobs in St. Paul, and 285 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in St. Paul; the top destination outside it is Corpus Christi (27%, 33 miles). Home is the office for 3% of workers, next to 14% for Texas as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in St. Paul: the figures worth knowing
St. Paul’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside St. Paul is Corpus Christi, 33 miles away as the crow flies. 27% of working residents (77) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
St. Paul is a place people come home to
There are 31 jobs based in St. Paul, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday St. Paul has about 520 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few St. Paul workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 285 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from St. Paul
About 29% 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.
Who commutes out of St. Paul, and who commutes in
On a workday 283 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere.
About 520 people are in St. Paul 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 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting from St. Paul: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Paul workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 293 commuters (the 3% 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.
Where the trip to work from St. Paul ends
Where St. Paul clocks in
27% 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 St. Paul’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Paul, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 31. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs St. Paul’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 St. Paul: questions
What is the poverty rate in St. Paul?
21.2%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Paul?
24 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Paul work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Corpus Christi (27%, 33 mi), Sinton (9%, 5 mi), Odem (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around St. Paul 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 St. Paul, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Paul
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.