Work & commute · Bacliff

Work & commute in Bacliff, TX

Most working residents leave Bacliff for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (25%), League City (8%) and Galveston (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

107 of 4,001 working residents

Typical commute

18 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 3,894 Bacliff residents head out of town to work, 107 work right here, and 341 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bacliff.

3,894live here, work elsewhere

107live and work here

341work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bacliff goes to work

Houston30.7 mi away

25%1,013

League City7.3 mi away

8%318

Galveston22.3 mi away

6%236

Texas City8.3 mi away

5%182

Pasadena14.1 mi away

4%141

Kemah2.7 mi away

3%133

Bacliff (in town)right here

3%107

Webster7.9 mi away

3%105

Dickinson5.7 mi away

3%104

Deer Park14.8 mi away

2%88

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%1,574

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

How far

How far Bacliff commutes

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

32%

29%

25%

14%

32%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bacliff is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bacliff are

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

Jobs based in Bacliff

448 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Bacliff residents hold

4,001 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+17%

Jobs based in Bacliff, 2013 → 2023: 383 → 448. 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.