Work & commute · Aldine

Work & commute in Aldine, TX

Most working residents leave Aldine for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (51%), Dallas (2%) and Austin (2%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

240 of 4,888 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,648 Aldine residents head out of town to work, 240 work right here, and 9,848 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Aldine.

4,648live here, work elsewhere

240live and work here

9,848work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Aldine goes to work

Houston8.8 mi away

51%2,504

Aldine (in town)right here

5%240

Dallas215.1 mi away

2%80

Austin144.4 mi away

2%78

The Woodlands19.5 mi away

1%57

San Antonio191.3 mi away

1%51

Humble8.6 mi away

1%50

Pasadena22.5 mi away

1%49

Sugar Land26.7 mi away

1%46

Conroe29.4 mi away

1%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%1,696

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Aldine commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

40%

42%

12%

40%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Aldine is a job hub

2.06jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Aldine are

10,088 jobs are based in Aldine. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Aldine’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Aldine

10,088 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)70%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)12%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Aldine residents hold

4,888 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+3%

Jobs based in Aldine, 2013 → 2023: 9,770 → 10,088. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.