Work & commute · Ames

Work & commute in Ames, TX

Most working residents leave Ames for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (20%), Liberty (10%) and Baytown (5%). Half commute less than 41 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 361 working residents

Typical commute

41 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 360 Ames residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ames.

360live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

24work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ames goes to work

Houston42.9 mi away

20%74

Liberty3.1 mi away

10%37

Baytown23.8 mi away

5%17

Austin181 mi away

4%13

Beaumont35.5 mi away

3%12

Mont Belvieu15.8 mi away

2%9

Dayton12.1 mi away

2%8

Deer Park33.4 mi away

2%7

Dallas224.4 mi away

2%7

San Antonio230.7 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%171

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

How far

How far Ames commutes

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

16%

14%

40%

29%

16%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

40%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ames is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.07 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ames are

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

Jobs based in Ames

25 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)68%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Ames residents hold

361 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−83%

Jobs based in Ames, 2013 → 2023: 151 → 25. 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.