With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Westdale works elsewhere
There are 7 jobs in Westdale; 126 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Westdale for work; outside it, Corpus Christi is the main destination (23%, 52 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers; Texas has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Westdale: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 126 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 93 people are in Westdale on a workday afternoon, 56% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The places Westdale commutes to
Where Westdale clocks in
23% 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.
Goods, not services: 86% of the jobs in Westdale
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Westdale, 2014 → 2024: 4 → 7. 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 Westdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes each way for Westdale’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Westdale workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 80 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.
How far Westdale goes to work
About 39% 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 Westdale: questions
What is the poverty rate in Westdale?
24.5%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Westdale?
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 Westdale work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Corpus Christi (23%, 52 mi), Alice (10%, 15 mi), Houston (6%, 202 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Westdale 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 Westdale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Westdale
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.