Work & commute · Alvin

Work & commute in Alvin, TX

Most working residents leave Alvin for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (30%), Pearland (5%) and League City (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

1,974 of 12,800 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,826 Alvin residents head out of town to work, 1,974 work right here, and 12,111 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alvin.

10,826live here, work elsewhere

1,974live and work here

12,111work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alvin goes to work

Houston26.8 mi away

30%3,902

Alvin (in town)right here

15%1,974

Pearland10.8 mi away

5%611

League City8.3 mi away

3%371

Pasadena16.5 mi away

3%363

Friendswood5.9 mi away

2%237

Webster9.9 mi away

2%210

Sugar Land27.2 mi away

2%199

Texas City20.1 mi away

2%193

Galveston22.7 mi away

1%177

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%4,563

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

How far

How far Alvin commutes

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

25%

38%

26%

12%

25%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alvin is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Alvin are

14,085 jobs are based in Alvin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alvin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Alvin

14,085 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Alvin residents hold

12,800 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+4%

Jobs based in Alvin, 2013 → 2023: 13,582 → 14,085. 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.